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24 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 26, 2026 · session in progress
112.52
−0.65 (−0.57%)
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XLC 112.52 · −0.6 pts (−0.57%) 1D
113.33112.88112.44112.00prev close 113.17EW −0.93%H 113.66 · 09:30L 112.51 · 12:20
open10:1010:5511:4012:25
5-minute bars · index reconstructed live from member prices
Breadth
20 / 24
stocks fell with the index
Concentration
71%
of the decline from GOOGL, GOOG, LYV
Biggest driver
GOOGL −0.22
ALPHABET INC CL A, −1.85%
Biggest offset
META +0.23
META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A, +1.27%
Context
23rd 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 0.57% (−0.65 pts) so far today, and 71% of that decline came from just three stocks: GOOGL, GOOG, LYV.

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+0.3 pts from 4 gainers0.9 pts from 20 losers
net −0.6 pts · losers outweigh gainers 3.3 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLCsum of all 24 stocks
−0.6
100%
−0.57%
GOOGLALPHABET INC CL A
−0.2
34%
−1.85%
GOOGALPHABET INC CL C
−0.2
25%
−1.72%
LYVLIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT IN
−0.1
12%
−1.52%
DISWALT DISNEY CO/THE
−0.1
11%
−1.33%
ECHOECHOSTAR CORP A
−0.1
9%
−2.52%
OMCOMNICOM GROUP
−0.1
9%
−1.14%
NFLXNETFLIX INC
−0.1
8%
−0.93%
CHTRCHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC A
−0.0
7%
−1.31%
TKOTKO GROUP HOLDINGS INC
−0.0
6%
−1.60%
FOXAFOX CORP CLASS A
−0.0
5%
−1.07%
FOXFOX CORP CLASS B
−0.0
4%
−1.30%
TMUST MOBILE US INC
−0.0
4%
−0.43%
TTDTRADE DESK INC/THE CLASS A
−0.0
3%
−1.77%
RDDTREDDIT INC CL A
−0.0
2%
−3.87%
APPAPPLOVIN CORP CLASS A
−0.0
2%
−0.73%
WBDWARNER BROS DISCOVERY INC
−0.0
1%
−0.17%
PSKYPARAMOUNT SKYDANCE CL B
−0.0
1%
−0.84%
CMCSACOMCAST CORP CLASS A
−0.0
1%
−0.09%
NWSANEWS CORP CLASS A
−0.0
1%
−0.18%
NWSNEWS CORP CLASS B
−0.0
0%
−0.26%
TTWOTAKE TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWRE
+0.0
−2%
+0.31%
VZVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC
+0.0
−3%
+0.30%
TAT+T INC
+0.0
−4%
+0.39%
METAMETA PLATFORMS INC CLASS A
+0.2
−36%
+1.27%
Cap weighting, illustrated

ALPHABET INC CL A and TRADE DESK INC/THE CLASS A moved almost identically (−1.85% vs −1.77%), yet GOOGL moved the XLC 10.7× 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 −0.65 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
META+0.2 pts(+1.3%)
GOOGL−0.2 pts(−1.9%)
GOOG−0.2 pts(−1.7%)
LYV−0.1 pts(−1.5%)
DIS−0.1 pts(−1.3%)
ECHO−0.1 pts(−2.5%)
OMC−0.1 pts(−1.1%)
NFLX−0.1 pts
CHTR−0.0 pts(−1.3%)
TKO−0.0 pts(−1.6%)
FOXA−0.0 pts(−1.1%)
FOX
T+0.0 pts(+0.4%)
TMUS−0.0 pts(−0.4%)
TTD−0.0 pts
VZ+0.0 pts
TTWO+0.0 pts
RDDT−0.0 pts
APP
PSKY
CMCSA

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the −0.65 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%6121824stocks:3 stocks = 71%100% covered at 6

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0GOOGL −0.22GOOG −0.16LYV −0.08META +0.23T +0.02VZ +0.02Aug 25Aug 26

Breadth

member returns, this period
−4%−3%−2%−1%0%+1%
From −3.87% (RDDT) to +1.27% (META). Equal-weight, the XLC would be −0.93% vs the actual −0.57%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to −0.65 pts
-24
−0.6

The year, session by session

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