Select what genuinely interests you. Your picks feed directly into our editorial planning. A stock market crash in the strict sense has not arrived in 2026, but a sharp correction is under way on the Nasdaq. The Nasdaq 100 closed at 26,630 points on Thursday, November 5, 14.7 percent below its October 6 record, and lost 6.4 percent on that day alone. The S&P 500 is 5.9 percent below its high, the DAX just 0.9 percent. Crypto is hit hardest: Bitcoin stands 39.6 percent below its all-time high.