On Friday, Wall Street closed with losses across its three benchmark indexes: the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 1.6%, the S&P 500 by 0.8%, and the Nasdaq Composite by 0.7%. This decline stemmed largely from rising oil prices and heightened inflation concerns amidst escalating Middle Eastern tensions, pushing the 10-year Treasury yield close to 5%.
In terms of notable stock performance, shares of FIGS, Inc. surged 33.5% since its Zacks Rank upgrade to #2 on July 14. Similarly, Charles River Laboratories saw a growth of 21.1% since its upgrade on the same date. Additionally, Microsoft experienced a 26.8% increase over the past 12 weeks as part of Zacks’ Focus List, while CACI International rose 19.6% within the same timeframe.
As of August 31, 2026, Zacks’ Top 10 Stock portfolio returned +15% year-to-date compared to +12.9% for the S&P 500. Over the same period, the Zacks #1 Rank portfolio has outperformed the S&P 500 by 2.3 percentage points, returning +12.08% through August 3.
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