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Energy · Select Sector

21 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
62.07
−1.61 (−2.53%)
XLE 62.07 · −1.6 pts (−2.53%) 1W
65.0364.2563.4662.6761.88EW −2.29%H 64.51 · 10:30L 62.07 · 15:55
Aug 19Aug 20Aug 21Aug 24Aug 25
30-minute bars · index reconstructed live from member prices
Breadth
17 / 21
stocks fell with the index
Concentration
46%
of the decline from XOM, CVX, KMI
Biggest driver
XOM −0.41
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP, −2.98%
Biggest offset
COP +0.05
CONOCOPHILLIPS, +1.63%

What drove it

21 members · detractors first · 1W · residual 6.6bp within 60bp gate

The XLE fell 2.53% (−1.61 pts) on the week in a broad selloff: 17 of 21 stocks fell, with XOM out front at −0.41 points.

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+0.1 pts from 4 gainers1.7 pts from 17 losers
net −1.6 pts · losers outweigh gainers 17.0 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLEsum of all 21 stocks
−1.6
100%
−2.53%
XOMEXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP
−0.4
26%
−2.98%
CVXCHEVRON CORP
−0.2
11%
−1.99%
KMIKINDER MORGAN INC
−0.1
9%
−5.87%
WMBWILLIAMS COS INC
−0.1
8%
−5.39%
OKEONEOK INC
−0.1
8%
−5.54%
MPCMARATHON PETROLEUM CORP
−0.1
6%
−2.82%
TRGPTARGA RESOURCES CORP
−0.1
6%
−3.64%
PSXPHILLIPS 66
−0.1
6%
−2.76%
VLOVALERO ENERGY CORP
−0.1
6%
−2.77%
BKRBAKER HUGHES CO
−0.1
5%
−4.07%
FANGDIAMONDBACK ENERGY INC
−0.1
5%
−4.82%
DVNDEVON ENERGY CORP
−0.0
3%
−1.90%
OXYOCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP
−0.0
3%
−2.32%
EOGEOG RESOURCES INC
−0.0
3%
−1.26%
HALHALLIBURTON CO
−0.0
2%
−2.45%
APAAPA CORP
−0.0
1%
−2.40%
EXEEXPAND ENERGY CORP
−0.0
0%
−0.83%
SLBSLB LTD
+0.0
0%
+0.17%
TPLTEXAS PACIFIC LAND CORP
+0.0
−1%
+1.96%
EQTEQT CORP
+0.0
−1%
+1.59%
COPCONOCOPHILLIPS
+0.0
−3%
+1.63%
Cap weighting, illustrated

PHILLIPS 66 and APA CORP moved almost identically (−2.76% vs −2.40%), yet PSX moved the XLE 7.2× 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 −1.61 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
XOM−0.4 pts(−3.0%)
CVX−0.2 pts(−2.0%)
KMI−0.1 pts(−5.9%)
WMB−0.1 pts(−5.4%)
OKE−0.1 pts(−5.5%)
MPC−0.1 pts(−2.8%)
TRGP−0.1 pts(−3.6%)
PSX−0.1 pts(−2.8%)
VLO−0.1 pts(−2.8%)
BKR−0.1 pts(−4.1%)
FANG−0.1 pts(−4.8%)
COP+0.0 pts(+1.6%)
DVN−0.0 pts(−1.9%)
OXY−0.0 pts(−2.3%)
EOG−0.0 pts
HAL
TPL
SLB
EXE

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the −1.61 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%5111621stocks:3 stocks = 46%100% covered at 13

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0XOM −0.41CVX −0.18KMI −0.14COP +0.05EQT +0.02TPL +0.02Aug 18Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−6%−4%−2%0%
From −5.87% (KMI) to +1.96% (TPL). Equal-weight, the XLE would be −2.29% vs the actual −2.53%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to −1.61 pts
-21
−1.6

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