The S&P 500 rose 0.32% (+24 pts) on the day, but 296 of 503 members went the other way. NVDA and AMD carried the tape higher, accounting for 91% of the gain.
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MICROSOFT CORP and INVESCO LTD moved almost identically (+0.90% vs +0.83%), yet MSFT moved the S&P 500 272.0× as much. In a cap-weighted index, the bigger company's weight turns the same percentage move into far more points.
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