NYSE 2026 year-to-date shows zero 80%+ downside-volume days, unprecedented in 30+ years and signaling unusual market resilience.
Macro & Markets ·
Through early 2026, the NYSE has recorded zero days where at least 80% of trading volume came from declining stocks, a metric tracking broad-based selling pressure that has never occurred in any calendar year since at least 1997. The 2008 financial crisis saw 49 such days, 2022's bear market had 33, and 2025 recorded 9, compared to an average of 21 annually since 1997, with no prior year falling below 5. The absence of these high downside-volume days suggests unusually widespread strength across NYSE-listed stocks during the year to date.