The XBI rose 26.10% (+31.82 pts) so far this year, but 75 of 157 members went the other way. MRNA and TWST carried the tape higher, accounting for 30% of the gain.
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KYMERA THERAPEUTICS INC and SAGIMET BIOSCIENCES INC A moved almost identically (+44.45% vs +50.84%), yet KYMR moved the XBI 85.5× 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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