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International Stocks Shine in Q3: Look to ICPY

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International Stocks Shine in Q3: Look to ICPY

Recent Q3 2026 commentary highlighted how international markets continued to grow, despite having plenty of reasons to see a sell-off.

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • DIA SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF-0.4% 14d

    SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “stocks” (the broad US market) in this story.

  • QQQ Invesco QQQ-9.8% 30d

    Invesco QQQ: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “stocks” (the broad US market) in this story.

  • IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF-1.0% 30d

    iShares Russell 2000 ETF: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “stocks” (the broad US market) in this story.

  • RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF

    Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “stocks” (the broad US market) in this story.

  • VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

    Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “stocks” (the broad US market) in this story.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
DIA+0.04%+0.26%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
QQQ-0.18%+1.53%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
IWM+1.78%+2.00%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
RSP-0.11%+0.66%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
VTI+0.01%+0.86%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close

Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.

International Stocks Shine in Q3: Look to ICPY ETF Database

Source: ETF Database

This story

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
DIAthree days earlier+0.26%final price
DIAfive days earlier+0.04%final price
IWMthree days earlier+2.00%final price
IWMfive days earlier+1.78%final price
QQQthree days earlier+1.53%final price
QQQfive days earlier-0.18%final price
RSPthree days earlier+0.66%final price
RSPfive days earlier-0.11%final price
VTIthree days earlier+0.86%final price
VTIfive days earlier+0.01%final price

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How solid “International Stocks Shine in Q3: Look to ICPY” looks

12 out of 100

“International Stocks Shine in Q3: Look to ICPY” scores 12 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources.