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WHAT MOVED THE MARKET TODAY

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

25 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 26, 2026 · session in progress
554.09
−1.73 (−0.31%)
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SMH 554.09 · −1.7 pts (−0.31%) 1D
558.34556.49554.64552.79550.94prev close 555.82EW −0.12%H 557.33 · 09:40L 551.40 · 10:25
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5-minute bars · index reconstructed live from member prices
Breadth
16 / 25
stocks fell with the index
Concentration
100%+
of the decline from NVDA, AVGO, INTC
Biggest driver
NVDA −1.14
class="svelte-mfd49r">1, −0.94%
Biggest offset
AMD +0.19
class="svelte-mfd49r">4, +0.63%
Context
33rd pctile
of the past year's sessions by daily move, so far

What drove it

25 members · detractors first · 1D · reconstructed from each member's latest trade price; official close pending

The SMH is down 0.31% (−1.73 pts) so far today, and more than all of that decline came from just three stocks: NVDA, AVGO, INTC.

Read the latest market-close note: Nvidia and Goldman Sachs Lead a Narrow Advance as Energy and Staples Slide

+0.8 pts from 9 gainers2.5 pts from 16 losers
net −1.7 pts · losers outweigh gainers 3.2 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
SMHsum of all 25 stocks
−1.7
100%
−0.31%
NVDAclass="svelte-mfd49r">1
−1.1
66%
−0.94%
AVGOclass="svelte-mfd49r">3
−0.5
28%
−1.28%
INTCclass="svelte-mfd49r">13
−0.2
12%
−0.97%
KLACclass="svelte-mfd49r">11
−0.2
12%
−0.91%
LRCXclass="svelte-mfd49r">12
−0.2
10%
−0.78%
AMATclass="svelte-mfd49r">9
−0.1
4%
−0.29%
TERclass="svelte-mfd49r">18
−0.0
3%
−0.64%
ASMLclass="svelte-mfd49r">5
−0.0
2%
−0.13%
TSMclass="svelte-mfd49r">2
−0.0
2%
−0.07%
MRVLclass="svelte-mfd49r">14
−0.0
1%
−0.14%
NXPIclass="svelte-mfd49r">19
−0.0
1%
−0.31%
STMclass="svelte-mfd49r">20
−0.0
1%
−0.32%
SNPSclass="svelte-mfd49r">16
−0.0
1%
−0.17%
MPWRclass="svelte-mfd49r">17
−0.0
1%
−0.12%
SWKSclass="svelte-mfd49r">25
−0.0
0%
−0.59%
ARMclass="svelte-mfd49r">21
−0.0
0%
−0.09%
ALABclass="svelte-mfd49r">23
+0.0
−1%
+0.50%
MCHPclass="svelte-mfd49r">22
+0.0
−2%
+0.51%
ONclass="svelte-mfd49r">24
+0.0
−2%
+0.89%
QCOMclass="svelte-mfd49r">10
+0.0
−2%
+0.18%
MUclass="svelte-mfd49r">7
+0.1
−4%
+0.27%
CDNSclass="svelte-mfd49r">15
+0.1
−5%
+0.56%
ADIclass="svelte-mfd49r">8
+0.1
−8%
+0.54%
TXNclass="svelte-mfd49r">6
+0.2
−10%
+0.65%
AMDclass="svelte-mfd49r">4
+0.2
−11%
+0.63%
Cap weighting, illustrated

class="svelte-mfd49r">8 and class="svelte-mfd49r">23 moved almost identically (+0.54% vs +0.50%), yet ADI moved the SMH 5.8× 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 −1.73 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
NVDA−1.1 pts(−0.9%)
AVGO−0.5 pts(−1.3%)
INTC−0.2 pts(−1.0%)
KLAC−0.2 pts(−0.9%)
AMD+0.2 pts(+0.6%)
TXN+0.2 pts(+0.6%)
LRCX−0.2 pts(−0.8%)
ADI+0.1 pts(+0.5%)
CDNS+0.1 pts(+0.6%)
AMAT−0.1 pts(−0.3%)
MU+0.1 pts(+0.3%)
TER−0.0 pts
QCOM
TSM
ON
MCHP
MRVL
ALAB
NXPI
SNPS

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the −1.73 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%6131925stocks:3 stocks = 106%100% covered at 3

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0NVDA −1.14AVGO −0.48INTC −0.21AMD +0.19TXN +0.18ADI +0.14Aug 25Aug 26

Breadth

member returns, this period
−1.50%−1.00%−0.50%0%+0.50%
From −1.28% (AVGO) to +0.89% (ON). Equal-weight, the SMH would be −0.12% vs the actual −0.31%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to −1.73 pts
Unknown25
−1.7

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