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WHAT MOVED THE MARKET TODAY

SPDR S&P Biotech ETF

147 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 26, 2026 close
168.39
+79.60 (+89.65%)
XBI 168.39 · +79.6 pts (+89.65%) 1Y
232.92194.53156.14117.75EW +151.25%H 169.55 · Aug 19L 88.79 · Aug 25
Aug 25, 2025Nov 21, 2025Feb 25, 2026May 27, 2026Aug 26, 2026
Breadth
126 / 147
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
11%
of the gain from MRNA, TWST, ERAS
Biggest driver
MRNA +4.61
MODERNA INC, +490.37%
Biggest drag
SMMT −1.75
SUMMIT THERAPEUTICS INC, −45.83%

What drove it

147 members · drivers first · 1Y · residual 772.6bp exceeds 60bp gate

The XBI rose 89.65% (+79.60 pts) over the past year in a broad advance: 126 of 147 stocks rose, with MRNA out front at +4.61 points.

Read the latest market-close note: A Flat Headline on the S&P 500 Masks a Split Between Goldman Sachs and Apple

+85.0 pts from 125 gainers7.1 pts from 22 losers
net +79.6 pts · gainers outweigh losers 11.9 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XBIsum of all 147 stocks
+79.6
100%
+89.65%
MRNAMODERNA INC
+4.6
6%
+490.37%
TWSTTWIST BIOSCIENCE CORP
+2.6
3%
+452.83%
ERASERASCA INC
+1.9
2%
+1,104.40%
ORKAORUKA THERAPEUTICS INC
+1.9
2%
+585.32%
DNTHDIANTHUS THERAPEUTICS INC
+1.8
2%
+373.13%
SYRESPYRE THERAPEUTICS INC
+1.8
2%
+464.57%
APGEAPOGEE THERAPEUTICS INC
+1.8
2%
+265.32%
CGONCG ONCOLOGY INC
+1.7
2%
+208.50%
RLAYRELAY THERAPEUTICS INC
+1.6
2%
+454.42%
RVMDREVOLUTION MEDICINES INC
+1.6
2%
+503.98%
TVTXTRAVERE THERAPEUTICS INC
+1.5
2%
+289.55%
KRYSKRYSTAL BIOTECH INC
+1.5
2%
+145.12%
IMVTIMMUNOVANT INC
+1.4
2%
+194.76%
PTGXPROTAGONIST THERAPEUTICS INC
+1.4
2%
+166.35%
ARWRARROWHEAD PHARMACEUTICALS IN
+1.3
2%
+330.32%
117 othersclick to expand the full index
+56.4
71%
·
EBSEMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS INC
−0.1
0%
−35.22%
ORICORIC PHARMACEUTICALS INC
−0.1
0%
+44.59%
VSTMVERASTEM INC
−0.1
0%
−17.71%
MYGNMYRIAD GENETICS INC
−0.1
0%
−47.03%
ADMAADMA BIOLOGICS INC
−0.1
0%
−43.39%
SIONSIONNA THERAPEUTICS INC
−0.2
0%
−74.36%
RXRXRECURSION PHARMACEUTICALS A
−0.2
0%
−27.74%
INSMINSMED INC
−0.2
0%
−3.06%
ARDXARDELYX INC
−0.3
0%
−36.80%
SPRYARS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
−0.3
0%
−55.37%
VORVOR BIOPHARMA INC
−0.3
0%
−42.55%
MPLTMAPLIGHT THERAPEUTICS INC
−0.7
−1%
−29.88%
ALNYALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS INC
−0.9
−1%
−46.13%
CAPRCAPRICOR THERAPEUTICS INC
−1.4
−2%
+41.82%
SMMTSUMMIT THERAPEUTICS INC
−1.8
−2%
−45.83%
Cap weighting, illustrated

SCHOLAR ROCK HOLDING CORP and SAVARA INC moved almost identically (+80.14% vs +78.66%), yet SRRK moved the XBI 45.5× 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 +79.60 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
MRNA+4.6 pts(+490.4%)
TWST+2.6 pts(+452.8%)
ERAS+1.9 pts(+1,104.4%)
ORKA+1.9 pts(+585.3%)
DNTH+1.8 pts(+373.1%)
SYRE+1.8 pts(+464.6%)
APGE+1.8 pts
SMMT−1.8 pts
CGON+1.7 pts
RLAY
RVMD+1.6 pts(+504.0%)
TVTX+1.5 pts(+289.6%)
KRYS+1.5 pts
CAPR−1.4 pts
IMVT+1.4 pts
PTGX
ARWR+1.3 pts
ROIV+1.3 pts
SLS+1.3 pts
PRAX+1.3 pts
SRRK
BEAM
PCVX+1.2 pts
KYMR+1.2 pts
NTRA+1.2 pts
IBRX
DYN
CYTK
COGT
VRDN
REGN
TGTX
HALO
DNLI
PURR
GRAL
ALNY
IDYA
ZBIO+0.8 pts
BBIO+0.8 pts
AMGN
VKTX
TNGX+0.7 pts
PVLA+0.7 pts
TRAX
BIIB
MIRM
UTHR
INBX
VRTX
IONS
PTCT
CLDX
ABSI
QURE
AVTX
XNCR
ABBV
CGEM
KOD
MLYS
IRON
VIR
CRSP
ARQT
MDGL
VERA
NRIX
CRVS

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +79.60 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%3774110147stocks:3 stocks = 11%100% covered at 88

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0MRNA +4.61TWST +2.55ERAS +1.92SMMT −1.75CAPR −1.36ALNY −0.89Aug 25Aug 26

Breadth

member returns, this period
−100%+100%+300%+500%+700%+900%+1,100%
From −74.36% (SION) to +1,104.40% (ERAS). Equal-weight, the XBI would be +151.25% vs the actual +89.65%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +79.60 pts
-147
+77.8

The year, session by session

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