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WHAT MOVED THE MARKET TODAY

SPDR S&P Biotech ETF

147 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
169.12
+47.19 (+38.70%)
XBI 169.12 · +47.2 pts (+38.70%) YTD
186.87168.73150.60132.46114.33EW +49.61%H 169.55 · Aug 19L 118.78 · Mar 30
Dec 31Mar 3Apr 29Jun 29Aug 25
Breadth
108 / 147
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
18%
of the gain from MRNA, TWST, ERAS
Biggest driver
MRNA +4.21
MODERNA INC, +438.59%
Biggest drag
CAPR −1.09
CAPRICOR THERAPEUTICS INC, −71.28%

What drove it

147 members · drivers first · YTD · residual 539.6bp exceeds 60bp gate

The XBI rose 38.70% (+47.19 pts) so far this year in a broad advance: 108 of 147 stocks rose, with MRNA out front at +4.21 points.

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+56.8 pts from 114 gainers9.7 pts from 33 losers
net +47.2 pts · gainers outweigh losers 5.9 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XBIsum of all 147 stocks
+47.2
100%
+38.70%
MRNAMODERNA INC
+4.2
9%
+438.59%
TWSTTWIST BIOSCIENCE CORP
+2.6
5%
+377.36%
ERASERASCA INC
+1.9
4%
+377.42%
SYRESPYRE THERAPEUTICS INC
+1.5
3%
+227.72%
ORKAORUKA THERAPEUTICS INC
+1.4
3%
+235.93%
SLSSELLAS LIFE SCIENCES GROUP I
+1.4
3%
+273.74%
DNTHDIANTHUS THERAPEUTICS INC
+1.4
3%
+172.05%
CRSPCRISPR THERAPEUTICS AG
+1.3
3%
+16.13%
IOVAIOVANCE BIOTHERAPEUTICS INC
+1.2
3%
+209.16%
KYMRKYMERA THERAPEUTICS INC
+1.2
3%
+62.76%
RLAYRELAY THERAPEUTICS INC
+1.2
2%
+143.14%
IBRXIMMUNITYBIO INC
+1.2
2%
+313.64%
PTGXPROTAGONIST THERAPEUTICS INC
+1.1
2%
+72.42%
RVMDREVOLUTION MEDICINES INC
+1.1
2%
+165.39%
APGEAPOGEE THERAPEUTICS INC
+1.1
2%
+78.66%
117 othersclick to expand the full index
+31.1
66%
·
IONSIONIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
−0.3
−1%
−19.64%
SIONSIONNA THERAPEUTICS INC
−0.3
−1%
−84.81%
UTHRUNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP
−0.3
−1%
+6.42%
SMMTSUMMIT THERAPEUTICS INC
−0.3
−1%
−23.61%
QUREUNIQURE NV
−0.3
−1%
+113.33%
MPLTMAPLIGHT THERAPEUTICS INC
−0.3
−1%
−28.61%
MNKDMANNKIND CORP
−0.4
−1%
−26.63%
OLMAOLEMA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
−0.4
−1%
−56.36%
SRPTSAREPTA THERAPEUTICS INC
−0.5
−1%
−12.08%
VERAVERA THERAPEUTICS INC
−0.6
−1%
−30.33%
MIRMMIRUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC
−0.6
−1%
+24.17%
ADMAADMA BIOLOGICS INC
−0.7
−2%
−46.71%
ALNYALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS INC
−0.8
−2%
−39.63%
INSMINSMED INC
−1.0
−2%
−28.82%
CAPRCAPRICOR THERAPEUTICS INC
−1.1
−2%
−71.28%
Cap weighting, illustrated

ARROWHEAD PHARMACEUTICALS IN and DAMORA THERAPEUTICS INC moved almost identically (+33.88% vs +33.07%), yet ARWR moved the XBI 58.2× 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 +47.19 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
MRNA+4.2 pts(+438.6%)
TWST+2.6 pts
ERAS+1.9 pts
SYRE+1.5 pts
ORKA+1.4 pts
SLS+1.4 pts
DNTH+1.4 pts
CRSP+1.3 pts
IOVA+1.2 pts(+209.2%)
KYMR+1.2 pts(+62.8%)
RLAY+1.2 pts
IBRX+1.2 pts
PTGX
RVMD+1.1 pts
APGE+1.1 pts
CAPR−1.1 pts
TVTX+1.1 pts
TGTX
NVAX
NTRA+1.0 pts
INSM−1.0 pts
CGON
PURR+0.9 pts
HALO+0.9 pts
IMVT+0.8 pts
NTLA+0.8 pts
KRYS
ARWR
ROIV+0.8 pts
ALNY−0.8 pts
ADMA
GRAL
CDNA
MIRM−0.6 pts
XNCR+0.6 pts
DNLI
DYN
TNGX
TRAX
SRRK
SRPT
ABSI
BEAM
INCY
AMGN
IDYA
27 more
AVTX
MNKD
RCUS
NRIX
VRDN
QURE
SMMT
ANAB
INBX
CADL
VRTX
UTHR
CRVS
IRON
RARE
IONS
IRWD
IMMX
BBIO
MLYS
ACAD
ANNX

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +47.19 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%3774110147stocks:3 stocks = 18%100% covered at 52

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0MRNA +4.21TWST +2.57ERAS +1.89CAPR −1.09INSM −0.96ALNY −0.76Dec 31Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−100%0%+100%+200%+300%+400%
From −84.81% (SION) to +438.59% (MRNA). Equal-weight, the XBI would be +49.61% vs the actual +38.70%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +47.19 pts
-147
+47.1

The year, session by session

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