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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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.
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