The XBI fell 2.49% (−3.93 pts) so far this quarter on a mixed tape; TWST, NKTR, INSM did most of the damage, with 29% of the decline between them.
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TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORP and BRIDGEBIO ONCOLOGY THERAPEUT moved almost identically (−17.32% vs −19.27%), yet TWST moved the XBI 58.4× 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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