If you entered only your W-2, your standard deduction was used with only that income. If you entered only the capital gains, your standard deduction was used with that. When you entered all of the combined taxable income, your tax increased. More income = more tax. A similar effect would occur if you entered W-2's, one by one and only looked at them in isolation.
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