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24 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 26, 2026 close
112.63
−5.09 (−4.32%)
XLC 112.63 · −5.1 pts (−4.32%) YTD
121.36116.16110.96105.76100.56EW −5.83%H 120.08 · Jan 30L 105.38 · Jul 23
Dec 31Mar 3Apr 30Jun 29Aug 26
Breadth
15 / 24
stocks fell with the index
Concentration
100%+
of the decline from META, CHTR, NFLX
Biggest driver
META −3.34
META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A, −12.57%
Biggest offset
GOOGL +2.79
ALPHABET INC CL A, +9.41%

What drove it

24 members · detractors first · YTD · residual 63.0bp exceeds 60bp gate

The XLC fell 4.32% (−5.09 pts) so far this year, and more than all of that decline came from just three stocks: META, CHTR, NFLX.

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+9.2 pts from 9 gainers13.9 pts from 15 losers
net −5.1 pts · losers outweigh gainers 1.5 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLCsum of all 24 stocks
−5.1
100%
−4.32%
METAMETA PLATFORMS INC CLASS A
−3.3
66%
−12.57%
CHTRCHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC A
−2.0
39%
−26.28%
NFLXNETFLIX INC
−2.0
39%
−13.12%
TTDTRADE DESK INC/THE CLASS A
−1.4
28%
−65.67%
TMUST MOBILE US INC
−1.4
28%
−10.64%
APPAPPLOVIN CORP CLASS A
−1.0
19%
−54.27%
ECHOECHOSTAR CORP A
−0.7
14%
−19.54%
TTWOTAKE TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWRE
−0.4
8%
−8.82%
WBDWARNER BROS DISCOVERY INC
−0.4
7%
−0.24%
PSKYPARAMOUNT SKYDANCE CL B
−0.3
7%
−19.04%
CMCSACOMCAST CORP CLASS A
−0.3
6%
+6.58%
TAT+T INC
−0.3
6%
+6.51%
DISWALT DISNEY CO/THE
−0.2
4%
−2.89%
RDDTREDDIT INC CL A
−0.1
2%
−22.46%
FOXAFOX CORP CLASS A
−0.0
1%
−4.29%
FOXFOX CORP CLASS B
+0.0
0%
−3.65%
NWSNEWS CORP CLASS B
+0.1
−1%
+19.37%
NWSANEWS CORP CLASS A
+0.1
−3%
+19.02%
TKOTKO GROUP HOLDINGS INC
+0.2
−4%
−9.39%
VZVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC
+1.1
−21%
+27.27%
OMCOMNICOM GROUP
+1.1
−22%
+11.14%
LYVLIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT IN
+1.6
−31%
+28.21%
GOOGALPHABET INC CL C
+2.2
−43%
+8.20%
GOOGLALPHABET INC CL A
+2.8
−55%
+9.41%
Cap weighting, illustrated

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC A and REDDIT INC CL A moved almost identically (−26.28% vs −22.46%), yet CHTR moved the XLC 17.4× 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 −5.09 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
META−3.3 pts(−12.6%)
GOOGL+2.8 pts(+9.4%)
GOOG+2.2 pts(+8.2%)
CHTR−2.0 pts(−26.3%)
NFLX−2.0 pts(−13.1%)
LYV+1.6 pts(+28.2%)
TTD−1.4 pts(−65.7%)
TMUS−1.4 pts(−10.6%)
OMC+1.1 pts(+11.1%)
VZ+1.1 pts(+27.3%)
APP−1.0 pts(−54.3%)
ECHO−0.7 pts(−19.5%)
TTWO−0.4 pts
WBD
PSKY−0.3 pts
CMCSA−0.3 pts
T−0.3 pts
TKO+0.2 pts
DIS
NWSA

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the −5.09 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%6121824stocks:3 stocks = 144%100% covered at 2

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0META −3.34CHTR −2.01NFLX −1.97GOOGL +2.79GOOG +2.18LYV +1.59Dec 31Aug 26

Breadth

member returns, this period
−75%−50%−25%0%+25%
From −65.67% (TTD) to +28.21% (LYV). Equal-weight, the XLC would be −5.83% vs the actual −4.32%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to −5.09 pts
-24
−4.7

The year, session by session

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