Stock Market Today April 23 2026: S&P 500 Closes at 7,108 — HON -7%, NOW -13%, Intel +15% After Hours

# Stock Market Today April 23 2026: S&P 500 Closes at 7,108 — HON -7%, NOW -13%, Intel +15% After Hours

> **Quick answer:** The S&P 500 closed at 7,108.40 on April 23, 2026 — down 0.41% from Wednesday's record of 7,137.90. Software stocks got hammered by Iran war headwinds in ServiceNow and IBM earnings. Honeywell fell on weak guidance. Cannabis stocks surged 19-27% on Schedule III finalization. Then Intel reported a 2,800% EPS beat after the bell, sending its stock up 15%.

The stock market today, April 23, 2026, served up a classic tug-of-war session: the S&P 500 pulled back from its all-time high as earnings misses in enterprise software and industrials spooked investors, while one of the most dramatic after-hours prints in recent memory — Intel's 2,800% EPS beat — reset the mood heading into Friday. Brent crude stayed above $100 for a fifth straight day, and marijuana's Schedule III reclassification sent cannabis stocks exploding higher.

## What Happened on April 23: The Full Scorecard

The major indices all closed lower on Thursday but stayed within striking distance of record territory:

| Index | Close | Change | |-------|-------|--------| | S&P 500 | 7,108.40 | -0.41% | | Nasdaq Composite | 24,438.50 | -0.89% | | Dow Jones | 49,310.32 | -0.36% |