Why the S&P 500 Paused After the AI Rally
The cash S&P 500 paused after an AI-led Monday. Reuters (22 September 2026, 12:06 p.m. ET) had the S&P 500 at 7,760.02, down 0.06%, the Dow at 51,769.52 (−0.56%), and the Nasdaq Composite at an intraday record 27,185.77 (+0.24%). Meta added 0.9% after Monday’s 11% jump; JPMorgan and Wells Fargo were each down nearly 4%, which is why the S&P barely moved while Nasdaq printed a high. Traders watched US–Iran comments, oil near $100, the 10-year near 4.9%, and Thursday’s US–China summit. CME FedWatch priced a 53.1% chance of another 25 bp hike in October after this month’s move.
That Reuters cash print is not the Indices-API ticker. The product homepage widget showed GSPC at 5735.26 on 22 September; the symbol page last-update stamp is 21 September 2026. Persist /api/latest, not a newswire close, and do not equate 5735 with 7,760.
Pull GSPC as JSON
Call GET /api/latest with access_key, base=USD, symbols=GSPC. Chart rates.USDGSPC (latest only). rates.GSPC is the inverse quote. PRO is $49.99/mo with a 7-day trial (5 indices per request, 10-minute refresh).
curl "https://indices-api.com/api/latest?access_key=YOUR_KEY&base=USD&symbols=GSPC"Official Latest Rates sample (docs date 2024-10-10, USDGSPC ≈ 5772.49 — not the Reuters cash close and not the 22 September widget):
{
"success": true,
"base": "USD",
"date": "2024-10-10",
"rates": {
"GSPC": 0.0001732354668436,
"USDGSPC": 5772.489999999927
}
}1 / 0.0001732354668436 ≈ 5772.49. Nasdaq is IXIC, Dow is DJI — do not invent an IXIC row from this GSPC sample.
Go live
1. Register — 7-day trial.
2. Copy access_key.
3. GET /api/latest?symbols=GSPC.
4. Chart rates.USDGSPC.