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Financials · Select Sector

76 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
58.30
+0.46 (+0.80%)
XLF 58.30 · +0.5 pts (+0.80%) 1W
58.9558.4157.8857.3556.82EW +1.32%H 58.31 · 15:30L 56.95 · 15:55
Aug 19Aug 20Aug 21Aug 24Aug 25
30-minute bars · index reconstructed live from member prices
Breadth
44 / 76
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
100%+
of the gain from V, MA, HOOD
Biggest driver
V +0.23
VISA INC CLASS A SHARES, +5.42%
Biggest drag
JPM −0.12
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO, −1.80%

What drove it

76 members · drivers first · 1W · residual 0.1bp within 60bp gate

The XLF rose 0.80% (+0.46 pts) on the week, and more than all of that gain came from just three stocks: V, MA, HOOD.

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+1.0 pts from 44 gainers0.5 pts from 32 losers
net +0.5 pts · gainers outweigh losers 1.8 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLFsum of all 76 stocks
+0.5
100%
+0.80%
VVISA INC CLASS A SHARES
+0.2
50%
+5.42%
MAMASTERCARD INC A
+0.1
31%
+4.34%
HOODROBINHOOD MARKETS INC A
+0.1
21%
+22.46%
PGRPROGRESSIVE CORP
+0.1
14%
+7.17%
COINCOINBASE GLOBAL INC CLASS A
+0.1
13%
+27.99%
AJGARTHUR J GALLAGHER + CO
+0.0
8%
+8.12%
SPGIS+P GLOBAL INC
+0.0
7%
+3.58%
GSGOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC
+0.0
6%
+1.78%
MCOMOODY S CORP
+0.0
6%
+5.60%
MRSHMARSH + MCLENNAN COS
+0.0
5%
+3.77%
BLKBLACKROCK INC
+0.0
5%
+1.93%
ICEINTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE IN
+0.0
5%
+3.59%
BRK-BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B
+0.0
5%
+0.24%
IBKRINTERACTIVE BROKERS GRO CL A
+0.0
4%
+8.43%
AONAON PLC CLASS A
+0.0
4%
+3.39%
46 othersclick to expand the full index
+0.1
21%
·
PRUPRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC
−0.0
−2%
−3.51%
MSMORGAN STANLEY
−0.0
−2%
−0.37%
HBANHUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC
−0.0
−2%
−4.02%
CFGCITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP
−0.0
−2%
−4.94%
MTBM + T BANK CORP
−0.0
−2%
−4.42%
AFLAFLAC INC
−0.0
−3%
−4.05%
FITBFIFTH THIRD BANCORP
−0.0
−3%
−4.18%
TFCTRUIST FINANCIAL CORP
−0.0
−4%
−4.01%
COFCAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP
−0.0
−5%
−2.32%
USBUS BANCORP
−0.0
−6%
−3.68%
PNCPNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP
−0.0
−6%
−4.02%
WFCWELLS FARGO + CO
−0.1
−12%
−2.99%
CCITIGROUP INC
−0.1
−12%
−3.20%
BACBANK OF AMERICA CORP
−0.1
−18%
−2.82%
JPMJPMORGAN CHASE + CO
−0.1
−26%
−1.80%
Cap weighting, illustrated

VISA INC CLASS A SHARES and BROWN + BROWN INC moved almost identically (+5.42% vs +5.74%), yet V moved the XLF 23.0× 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 +0.46 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
V+0.2 pts(+5.4%)
MA+0.1 pts(+4.3%)
JPM−0.1 pts(−1.8%)
HOOD+0.1 pts(+22.5%)
BAC−0.1 pts(−2.8%)
PGR+0.1 pts(+7.2%)
COIN+0.1 pts
C−0.1 pts(−3.2%)
WFC−0.1 pts(−3.0%)
AJG+0.0 pts(+8.1%)
SPGI+0.0 pts(+3.6%)
GS+0.0 pts(+1.8%)
PNC−0.0 pts
MCO+0.0 pts
USB
MRSH+0.0 pts
BLK+0.0 pts
COF−0.0 pts
ICE+0.0 pts
BRK-B
IBKR
AON
TFC
BX
CME+0.0 pts
WTW+0.0 pts
MTB
PYPL
CFG
HBAN
MS
PRU
JKHY
AXP
SCHW
RF

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +0.46 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%19385776stocks:3 stocks = 103%100% covered at 3

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0V +0.23MA +0.14HOOD +0.10JPM −0.12BAC −0.08C −0.05Aug 18Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−5%+5%+15%+25%
From −4.94% (CFG) to +27.99% (COIN). Equal-weight, the XLF would be +1.32% vs the actual +0.80%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +0.46 pts
-76
+0.5

The year, session by session

every trading day of 2026 · hover for the move
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