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WHAT MOVED THE MARKET TODAY

SPDR S&P Biotech ETF

147 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
169.12
+18.53 (+12.30%)
XBI 169.12 · +18.5 pts (+12.30%) 1M
173.28166.28159.28152.29145.29EW +13.93%H 169.55 · Aug 19L 147.01 · Jul 31
Jul 27Aug 3Aug 11Aug 18Aug 25
Breadth
114 / 147
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
29%
of the gain from MRNA, TWST, IOVA
Biggest driver
MRNA +3.19
MODERNA INC, +185.51%
Biggest drag
SION −0.32
SIONNA THERAPEUTICS INC, −86.23%

What drove it

147 members · drivers first · 1M · residual 28.7bp within 60bp gate

The XBI rose 12.30% (+18.53 pts) on the month in a broad advance: 114 of 147 stocks rose, with MRNA out front at +3.19 points.

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+21.9 pts from 113 gainers3.4 pts from 34 losers
net +18.5 pts · gainers outweigh losers 6.4 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XBIsum of all 147 stocks
+18.5
100%
+12.30%
MRNAMODERNA INC
+3.2
17%
+185.51%
TWSTTWIST BIOSCIENCE CORP
+1.5
8%
+74.97%
IOVAIOVANCE BIOTHERAPEUTICS INC
+0.8
4%
+72.24%
HALOHALOZYME THERAPEUTICS INC
+0.6
3%
+34.17%
NTRANATERA INC
+0.6
3%
+30.49%
PURRHYPERLIQUID STRATEGIES
+0.5
3%
+87.22%
SLSSELLAS LIFE SCIENCES GROUP I
+0.5
3%
+30.04%
CRSPCRISPR THERAPEUTICS AG
+0.4
2%
+30.32%
QUREUNIQURE NV
+0.4
2%
+33.60%
REGNREGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS
+0.4
2%
+25.08%
GRALGRAIL INC
+0.3
2%
+23.62%
TVTXTRAVERE THERAPEUTICS INC
+0.3
2%
+18.23%
AMGNAMGEN INC
+0.3
2%
+18.21%
SRRKSCHOLAR ROCK HOLDING CORP
+0.3
2%
+19.05%
BEAMBEAM THERAPEUTICS INC
+0.3
2%
+23.77%
117 othersclick to expand the full index
+10.5
57%
·
AGIOAGIOS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
−0.1
0%
−8.30%
TNGXTANGO THERAPEUTICS INC
−0.1
−1%
−7.30%
MYGNMYRIAD GENETICS INC
−0.1
−1%
−41.47%
MDGLMADRIGAL PHARMACEUTICALS INC
−0.1
−1%
−7.09%
ALKSALKERMES PLC
−0.1
−1%
−6.68%
ARDXARDELYX INC
−0.1
−1%
−25.30%
ERASERASCA INC
−0.1
−1%
−5.88%
ARQTARCUTIS BIOTHERAPEUTICS INC
−0.2
−1%
−10.70%
ALNYALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS INC
−0.2
−1%
−13.76%
COGTCOGENT BIOSCIENCES INC
−0.2
−1%
−9.00%
NBIXNEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INC
−0.2
−1%
−13.06%
VCYTVERACYTE INC
−0.2
−1%
−20.81%
GLUEMONTE ROSA THERAPEUTICS INC
−0.3
−1%
−35.46%
MIRMMIRUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC
−0.3
−1%
−14.12%
SIONSIONNA THERAPEUTICS INC
−0.3
−2%
−86.23%
Cap weighting, illustrated

NATERA INC and MAPLIGHT THERAPEUTICS INC moved almost identically (+30.49% vs +26.60%), yet NTRA moved the XBI 28.5× 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 +18.53 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
MRNA+3.2 pts(+185.5%)
TWST+1.5 pts(+75.0%)
IOVA+0.8 pts(+72.2%)
HALO+0.6 pts(+34.2%)
NTRA+0.6 pts
PURR+0.5 pts
SLS+0.5 pts
CRSP
QURE+0.4 pts(+33.6%)
REGN+0.4 pts(+25.1%)
GRAL
SION
TVTX
AMGN
SRRK
BEAM+0.3 pts
IMNM+0.3 pts
ACAD
PRAX
INSM+0.3 pts
KYMR+0.3 pts
VRDN
XNCR
REPL
MIRM
CDNA
GLUE
VRTX
NTLA
ORKA
GILD
RVMD
NVAX+0.2 pts
IBRX+0.2 pts
PGEN
NBIX
CGEM
PCVX
INCY
CELC
IMMX
BIIB
CLDX
ALNY
BMRN
ABSI
ADMA
ERAS
ARDX
KURA
RCUS
IMVT
DNTH
FDMT
CGON
VOR
MDGL
IRON
MYGN
RIGL
TNGX
JANX

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +18.53 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%3774110147stocks:3 stocks = 29%100% covered at 53

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0MRNA +3.19TWST +1.46IOVA +0.77SION −0.32MIRM −0.26GLUE −0.25Jul 27Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−100%−50%0%+50%+100%+150%
From −86.23% (SION) to +185.51% (MRNA). Equal-weight, the XBI would be +13.93% vs the actual +12.30%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +18.53 pts
-147
+18.5

The year, session by session

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