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SPDR S&P Biotech ETF

147 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 26, 2026 close
168.39
−1.16 (−0.68%)
XBI 168.39 · −1.2 pts (−0.68%) 1W
170.56168.06165.56163.06160.56EW −0.09%H 169.55 · openL 162.10 · 10:00
Aug 20Aug 21Aug 24Aug 25Aug 26
30-minute bars · index reconstructed live from member prices
Breadth
89 / 147
stocks fell with the index
Concentration
100%+
of the decline from MRNA, SYRE, ORKA
Biggest driver
MRNA −0.78
MODERNA INC, −14.18%
Biggest offset
PURR +0.21
HYPERLIQUID STRATEGIES, +23.11%

What drove it

147 members · detractors first · 1W · residual 9.9bp within 60bp gate

The XBI fell 0.68% (−1.16 pts) on the week, and more than all of that decline came from just three stocks: MRNA, SYRE, ORKA.

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+2.7 pts from 59 gainers3.8 pts from 88 losers
net −1.2 pts · losers outweigh gainers 1.4 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XBIsum of all 147 stocks
−1.2
100%
−0.68%
MRNAMODERNA INC
−0.8
67%
−14.18%
SYRESPYRE THERAPEUTICS INC
−0.3
24%
−14.06%
ORKAORUKA THERAPEUTICS INC
−0.2
19%
−9.34%
RLAYRELAY THERAPEUTICS INC
−0.1
9%
−6.17%
INSMINSMED INC
−0.1
9%
−4.80%
BBIOBRIDGEBIO PHARMA INC
−0.1
8%
−5.46%
BMRNBIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC
−0.1
8%
−5.37%
VKTXVIKING THERAPEUTICS INC
−0.1
8%
−4.45%
RGNXREGENXBIO INC
−0.1
6%
−21.96%
PCVXVAXCYTE INC
−0.1
6%
−3.49%
PRAXPRAXIS PRECISION MEDICINES I
−0.1
6%
−2.28%
RYTMRHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS INC
−0.1
5%
−3.34%
MIRMMIRUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC
−0.1
5%
−3.65%
ARQTARCUTIS BIOTHERAPEUTICS INC
−0.1
5%
−4.99%
CGONCG ONCOLOGY INC
−0.1
5%
−2.80%
117 othersclick to expand the full index
−0.7
58%
·
CDNACAREDX INC
+0.1
−6%
+9.57%
ERASERASCA INC
+0.1
−7%
+5.98%
QUREUNIQURE NV
+0.1
−7%
+4.49%
NTRANATERA INC
+0.1
−7%
+3.58%
VIRVIR BIOTECHNOLOGY INC
+0.1
−7%
+13.41%
SMMTSUMMIT THERAPEUTICS INC
+0.1
−8%
+8.54%
SRRKSCHOLAR ROCK HOLDING CORP
+0.1
−9%
+6.25%
IDYAIDEAYA BIOSCIENCES INC
+0.1
−9%
+6.97%
BHVNBIOHAVEN LTD
+0.1
−9%
+20.01%
TGTXTG THERAPEUTICS INC
+0.1
−9%
+6.46%
INBXINHIBRX BIOSCIENCES INC
+0.1
−11%
+23.51%
GRALGRAIL INC
+0.1
−12%
+7.61%
VERAVERA THERAPEUTICS INC
+0.2
−13%
+14.08%
TWSTTWIST BIOSCIENCE CORP
+0.2
−17%
+6.34%
PURRHYPERLIQUID STRATEGIES
+0.2
−18%
+23.11%
Cap weighting, illustrated

TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORP and MAPLIGHT THERAPEUTICS INC moved almost identically (+6.34% vs +5.84%), yet TWST moved the XBI 19.3× 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 −1.16 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
MRNA−0.8 pts(−14.2%)
SYRE−0.3 pts
ORKA−0.2 pts(−9.3%)
PURR+0.2 pts(+23.1%)
TWST+0.2 pts(+6.3%)
VERA+0.2 pts(+14.1%)
GRAL+0.1 pts
INBX
TGTX+0.1 pts
BHVN+0.1 pts
RLAY−0.1 pts
INSM−0.1 pts
IDYA
SRRK
BBIO−0.1 pts
BMRN−0.1 pts
SMMT
VKTX−0.1 pts
VIR+0.1 pts
NTRA
QURE
RGNX−0.1 pts
CDNA+0.1 pts
KRYS
PCVX
BEAM
RYTM−0.1 pts
MIRM−0.1 pts
CGON−0.1 pts
REGN
DNLI
NVAX
IONS
PTGX
ADMA
ANNX
VCYT
IMVT
IOVA
ZBIO
MNKD
ROIV
BCRX
ALKS
UTHR
VRDN
XNCR
TSHA
IRON
ALLO
CRVS
IMMX
CLDX
KURA
CTMX
ACAD
SRPT

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the −1.16 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%3774110147stocks:3 stocks = 110%100% covered at 3

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0MRNA −0.78SYRE −0.27ORKA −0.23PURR +0.21TWST +0.19VERA +0.15Aug 19Aug 26

Breadth

member returns, this period
−30%−20%−10%0%+10%+20%
From −21.96% (RGNX) to +23.51% (INBX). Equal-weight, the XBI would be −0.09% vs the actual −0.68%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to −1.16 pts
-147
−1.2

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