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WHAT MOVED THE MARKET TODAY

Dow Jones Industrial Average

30 stocks · price-weighted · Aug 25, 2026 close
53,577.00
+1,257.80 (+2.40%)
DJIA 53,577.00 · +1,257.8 pts (+2.40%) QTD
55,90554,75753,60952,46051,312EW +5.47%H 54,349 · Aug 5L 51,594 · Jul 29
Jun 30Jul 15Jul 29Aug 11Aug 25
Breadth
17 / 30
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
100%+
of the gain from MSFT, AMGN, CRM
Biggest driver
MSFT +705
Microsoft, +31.82%
Biggest drag
CAT −1,509
Caterpillar, −23.85%

What drove it

30 members · drivers first · QTD · residual 0.406bp within 1bp gate

The DJIA rose 2.40% (+1,258 pts) so far this quarter, but 13 of 30 members went the other way. MSFT and AMGN carried the tape higher, contributing more than the entire move.

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+3,517.1 pts from 17 gainers2,261.5 pts from 13 losers
net +1,257.8 pts · gainers outweigh losers 1.6 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
DJIAsum of all 30 stocks
+1,257.8
100%
+2.40%
MSFTMicrosoft
+705.4
56%
+31.82%
AMGNAmgen
+476.2
38%
+22.13%
CRMSalesforce
+291.5
23%
+31.31%
GSGoldman Sachs
+283.2
23%
+4.71%
VVisa
+243.2
19%
+11.93%
TRVTravelers
+235.0
19%
+11.98%
CVXChevron
+203.0
16%
+20.60%
JPMJPMorgan Chase
+174.6
14%
+8.97%
MRKMerck
+166.1
13%
+21.75%
AMZNAmazon
+135.0
11%
+9.53%
AAPLApple
+122.1
10%
+7.10%
JNJJohnson & Johnson
+113.9
9%
+7.54%
MMM3M
+103.8
8%
+10.79%
DISDisney
+89.1
7%
+15.57%
NVDANvidia
+77.0
6%
+6.48%
KOCoca-Cola
+61.7
5%
+12.77%
SHWSherwin-Williams
+36.3
3%
+1.77%
PGProcter & Gamble
−7.3
−1%
−0.83%
NKENike
−9.4
−1%
−3.85%
MCDMcDonald's
−13.2
−1%
−0.82%
AXPAmerican Express
−13.7
−1%
−0.68%
BABoeing
−32.2
−3%
−2.50%
CSCOCisco
−37.7
−3%
−5.41%
WMTWalmart
−46.8
−4%
−6.96%
HONHoneywell
−48.9
−4%
−3.67%
GOOGLAlphabet
−61.9
−5%
−2.91%
HDHome Depot
−88.3
−7%
−4.21%
UNHUnitedHealth
−113.2
−9%
−4.58%
IBMIBM
−279.6
−22%
−16.73%
CATCaterpillar
−1,509.3
−120%
−23.85%
Price weighting, illustrated

Home Depot and Nike moved almost identically (−4.21% vs −3.85%), yet HD moved the DJIA 9.4× as much. In a price-weighted index, a higher-priced share simply outvotes a cheaper one.

Attribution map

slicing the +1,258 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
CAT−1,509.3 pts(−23.8%)
MSFT+705.4 pts(+31.8%)
AMGN+476.2 pts(+22.1%)
CRM+291.5 pts(+31.3%)
GS+283.2 pts(+4.7%)
IBM−279.6 pts
V+243.2 pts(+11.9%)
TRV+235.0 pts(+12.0%)
CVX+203.0 pts
JPM+174.6 pts(+9.0%)
MRK+166.1 pts(+21.8%)
AMZN+135.0 pts(+9.5%)
AAPL+122.1 pts
JNJ+113.9 pts
UNH−113.2 pts(−4.6%)
MMM+103.8 pts
DIS
HD
NVDA
GOOGL−61.9 pts
KO+61.7 pts
HON
WMT
CSCO

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +1,258 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%8152330stocks:3 stocks = 117%100% covered at 3

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0MSFT +705AMGN +476CRM +292CAT −1,509IBM −280UNH −113Jun 30Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−30%−10%+10%+30%
From −23.85% (CAT) to +31.82% (MSFT). Equal-weight, the DJIA would be +5.47% vs the actual +2.40%; the gap is what price weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +1,258 pts
Financials5
+922.2
Information Technology6
+878.8
Health Care4
+643.0
Energy1
+203.0
Materials1
+36.3
Communication Services2
+27.2
Consumer Discretionary4
+24.1
Consumer Staples3
+7.6
Industrials4
−1,486.5

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