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24 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 26, 2026 · session in progress
112.69
−0.48 (−0.42%)
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XLC 112.69 · −0.5 pts (−0.42%) 1D
113.32112.86112.41111.96prev close 113.17EW −0.78%H 113.66 · 09:30L 112.43 · 12:40
open10:2511:3012:3013:30
5-minute bars · index reconstructed live from member prices
Breadth
21 / 24
stocks fell with the index
Concentration
85%
of the decline from GOOGL, GOOG, LYV
Biggest driver
GOOGL −0.19
ALPHABET INC CL A, −1.60%
Biggest offset
META +0.28
META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A, +1.53%
Context
29th pctile
of the past year's sessions by daily move, so far

What drove it

24 members · detractors first · 1D · reconstructed from each member's latest trade price; official close pending

The XLC is down 0.42% (−0.48 pts) so far today, and 85% of that decline came from just three stocks: GOOGL, GOOG, LYV.

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+0.3 pts from 3 gainers0.8 pts from 21 losers
net −0.5 pts · losers outweigh gainers 2.4 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLCsum of all 24 stocks
−0.5
100%
−0.42%
GOOGLALPHABET INC CL A
−0.2
40%
−1.60%
GOOGALPHABET INC CL C
−0.1
30%
−1.49%
LYVLIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT IN
−0.1
16%
−1.55%
DISWALT DISNEY CO/THE
−0.1
15%
−1.31%
TKOTKO GROUP HOLDINGS INC
−0.0
8%
−1.61%
ECHOECHOSTAR CORP A
−0.0
8%
−1.65%
TMUST MOBILE US INC
−0.0
7%
−0.67%
CHTRCHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC A
−0.0
7%
−0.94%
OMCOMNICOM GROUP
−0.0
6%
−0.60%
FOXAFOX CORP CLASS A
−0.0
6%
−1.05%
NFLXNETFLIX INC
−0.0
6%
−0.54%
TTDTRADE DESK INC/THE CLASS A
−0.0
4%
−1.85%
WBDWARNER BROS DISCOVERY INC
−0.0
4%
−0.36%
FOXFOX CORP CLASS B
−0.0
4%
−1.00%
CMCSACOMCAST CORP CLASS A
−0.0
4%
−0.31%
RDDTREDDIT INC CL A
−0.0
3%
−3.76%
NWSANEWS CORP CLASS A
−0.0
1%
−0.27%
APPAPPLOVIN CORP CLASS A
−0.0
1%
−0.35%
PSKYPARAMOUNT SKYDANCE CL B
−0.0
1%
−0.47%
NWSNEWS CORP CLASS B
−0.0
0%
−0.11%
VZVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC
−0.0
0%
−0.01%
TAT+T INC
+0.0
−5%
+0.43%
TTWOTAKE TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWRE
+0.0
−8%
+0.83%
METAMETA PLATFORMS INC CLASS A
+0.3
−59%
+1.53%
Cap weighting, illustrated

ALPHABET INC CL A and TRADE DESK INC/THE CLASS A moved almost identically (−1.60% vs −1.85%), yet GOOGL moved the XLC 8.8× 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 −0.48 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
META+0.3 pts(+1.5%)
GOOGL−0.2 pts(−1.6%)
GOOG−0.1 pts(−1.5%)
LYV−0.1 pts(−1.5%)
DIS−0.1 pts(−1.3%)
TKO−0.0 pts(−1.6%)
ECHO−0.0 pts(−1.7%)
TTWO+0.0 pts(+0.8%)
TMUS−0.0 pts(−0.7%)
CHTR−0.0 pts
OMC−0.0 pts
FOXA−0.0 pts(−1.0%)
NFLX−0.0 pts
T+0.0 pts
TTD−0.0 pts
WBD−0.0 pts
FOX
CMCSA
RDDT−0.0 pts
APP

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the −0.48 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%6121824stocks:3 stocks = 85%100% covered at 4

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0GOOGL −0.19GOOG −0.14LYV −0.08META +0.28TTWO +0.04T +0.03Aug 25Aug 26

Breadth

member returns, this period
−4%−3%−2%−1%0%+1%
From −3.76% (RDDT) to +1.53% (META). Equal-weight, the XLC would be −0.78% vs the actual −0.42%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to −0.48 pts
-24
−0.5

The year, session by session

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