The XBI rose 6.87% (+10.87 pts) so far this quarter on a mixed tape; MRNA, TWST, IOVA did most of the lifting, with 45% of the gain between them.
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SELLAS LIFE SCIENCES GROUP I and ARCUTIS BIOTHERAPEUTICS INC moved almost identically (−4.54% vs −5.19%), yet SLS moved the XBI 33.8× 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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