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Breadth

65 / 101

stocks rose with the index

Concentration

55%

of the gain from AMZN, MSFT, AAPL

Biggest driver

AMZN +108

Amazon.com, Inc., +5.33%

Biggest drag

META −55

Meta Platforms, Inc., −0.90%

What drove it

101 members · drivers first · QTD · residual 49.8bp within 80bp gate

The NASDAQ 100 rose 1.56% (+475 pts) so far this quarter, and 55% of that gain came from just three stocks: AMZN, MSFT, AAPL.

Read the latest market-close note: Goldman and Microsoft Push the Dow to a Large Gain While Telecoms Sink Communication Services

+704.9 pts from 49 gainers−380.2 pts from 52 losers

net +474.7 pts · gainers outweigh losers 1.9 to 1

Stock

Points

Return

NASDAQ 100sum of all 101 stocks

+474.7

+1.56%

AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.

+108.3

+5.33%

MSFTMicrosoft Corporation

+82.3

+4.32%

AAPLApple Inc.

+70.3

+1.09%

GOOGLAlphabet Inc.

+66.4

+2.20%

GOOGAlphabet Inc.

+61.6

+2.09%

WMTWalmart Inc.

+42.4

+7.15%

TSLATesla, Inc.

+40.1

+7.86%

PLTRPalantir Technologies Inc.

+35.9

+11.76%

MUMicron Technology, Inc.

+23.3

−3.39%

CSCOCisco Systems, Inc.

+21.1

+10.41%

SHOPShopify Inc.

+17.2

+15.21%

AVGOBroadcom Inc.

+15.5

+2.95%

COSTCostco Wholesale Corporation

+12.1

+4.02%

MRNAModerna, Inc.

+9.5

+16.84%

SNPSSynopsys, Inc.

+8.6

+17.26%

71 othersclick to expand the full index

+15.6

TMUST-Mobile US, Inc.

−6.5

−8.89%

SPCXSpace Exploration Technologies Corp.

−6.8

+7.76%

CRWDCrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.

−7.8

+3.89%

SNDKSandisk Corporation

−7.9

−9.09%

QCOMQUALCOMM Incorporated

−9.1

−4.64%

AMATApplied Materials, Inc.

−10.2

−0.85%

AMDAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc.

−12.8

−0.60%

LRCXLam Research Corporation

−13.2

−2.94%

WDCWestern Digital Corporation

−13.6

−12.58%

STXSeagate Technology Holdings PLC Ordinary Shares (Ireland)

−17.0

−15.11%

ASMLASML Holding N.V. New York Registry Shares

−21.5

−1.73%

ARMArm Holdings plc American Depositary Shares

−24.9

−8.07%

INTCIntel Corporation

−44.8

−12.92%

NVDANVIDIA Corporation

−54.2

+0.39%

METAMeta Platforms, Inc.

−55.3

−0.90%

Cap weighting, illustrated

Alphabet Inc. and Fastenal Company moved almost identically (+2.20% vs +2.46%), yet GOOGL moved the NASDAQ 100 325.0× as much. In a cap-weighted index, the bigger company's weight turns the same percentage move into far more points.

Attribution map

slicing the +475 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return

AMZN+108.3 pts(+5.3%)

MSFT+82.3 pts(+4.3%)

AAPL+70.3 pts(+1.1%)

GOOGL+66.4 pts(+2.2%)

GOOG+61.6 pts(+2.1%)

META−55.3 pts(−0.9%)

NVDA−54.2 pts(+0.4%)

INTC−44.8 pts

WMT+42.4 pts(+7.1%)

TSLA+40.1 pts(+7.9%)

PLTR+35.9 pts(+11.8%)

ARM−24.9 pts(−8.1%)

MU+23.3 pts

ASML−21.5 pts

CSCO

SHOP+17.2 pts

STX−17.0 pts

AVGO+15.5 pts

WDC

AMD−12.8 pts

COST+12.1 pts

QCOM−9.1 pts

SNPS+8.6 pts

CEG

SNDK

CRWD

TMUS

INTU

ISRG

TXN

NFLX

FTNT

GILD

LITE

SBUX

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +475 pt move · sorted by contribution

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period

Breadth

member returns, this period

−20%−10%0%+10%

From −15.11% (STX) to +17.34% (CEG). Equal-weight, the NASDAQ 100 would be +1.83% vs the actual +1.56%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +475 pts

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+324.7

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