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Financials · Select Sector

76 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Oct 9, 2026 close
54.73
+1.22 (+2.28%)
XLF 54.73 · +1.2 pts (+2.28%) 1Y
61.4857.8454.2050.5646.92EW +4.43%H 58.56 · Sep 3L 47.81 · Mar 27
Oct 8, 2025Jan 8, 2026Apr 10, 2026Jul 13, 2026Oct 9, 2026
Breadth
47 / 76
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
100%+
of the gain from JPM, C, BAC
Biggest driver
JPM +0.66
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO, +10.57%
Biggest drag
FISV −0.38
FISERV INC, −63.93%

What drove it

76 members · drivers first · 1Y · residual 121.9bp exceeds 60bp gate

The XLF rose 2.28% (+1.22 pts) over the past year, and more than all of that gain came from just three stocks: JPM, C, BAC.

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+4.1 pts from 43 gainers−3.0 pts from 33 losers
net +1.2 pts · gainers outweigh losers 1.4 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLFsum of all 76 stocks
+1.2
100%
+2.28%
JPMJPMORGAN CHASE + CO
+0.7
54%
+10.57%
CCITIGROUP INC
+0.5
41%
+36.19%
BACBANK OF AMERICA CORP
+0.4
31%
+11.53%
GSGOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC
+0.3
26%
+16.97%
MSMORGAN STANLEY
+0.3
26%
+24.14%
VVISA INC CLASS A SHARES
+0.3
21%
+10.37%
BNYBANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP
+0.2
16%
+36.45%
WFCWELLS FARGO + CO
+0.2
14%
+6.49%
USBUS BANCORP
+0.1
10%
+24.92%
PNCPNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP
+0.1
9%
+18.10%
STTSTATE STREET CORP
+0.1
9%
+52.65%
TRVTRAVELERS COS INC/THE
+0.1
8%
+31.94%
IBKRINTERACTIVE BROKERS GRO CL A
+0.1
6%
+22.37%
SCHWSCHWAB (CHARLES) CORP
+0.1
6%
+4.14%
CBCHUBB LTD
+0.1
6%
+19.96%
46 othersclick to expand the full index
+0.2
20%
·
AXPAMERICAN EXPRESS CO
−0.1
−8%
−3.81%
MRSHMARSH + MCLENNAN COS
−0.1
−8%
−13.33%
PGRPROGRESSIVE CORP
−0.1
−9%
−4.72%
SPGIS+P GLOBAL INC
−0.1
−10%
−10.39%
FISFIDELITY NATIONAL INFO SERV
−0.1
−10%
−48.70%
BRK-BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B
−0.1
−10%
+3.12%
BLKBLACKROCK INC
−0.1
−11%
−5.58%
AJGARTHUR J GALLAGHER + CO
−0.1
−11%
−23.50%
AONAON PLC CLASS A
−0.1
−11%
−24.64%
HOODROBINHOOD MARKETS INC A
−0.2
−15%
−27.74%
KKRKKR + CO INC
−0.2
−16%
−26.45%
PYPLPAYPAL HOLDINGS INC
−0.2
−17%
−26.43%
BXBLACKSTONE INC
−0.2
−19%
−27.53%
COINCOINBASE GLOBAL INC CLASS A
−0.3
−26%
−53.68%
FISVFISERV INC
−0.4
−31%
−63.93%
Cap weighting, illustrated

JPMORGAN CHASE + CO and CME GROUP INC moved almost identically (+10.57% vs +9.52%), yet JPM moved the XLF 53.9× 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 +1.22 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
JPM+0.7 pts(+10.6%)
C+0.5 pts(+36.2%)
BAC+0.4 pts(+11.5%)
FISV−0.4 pts(−63.9%)
GS+0.3 pts(+17.0%)
MS+0.3 pts
COIN−0.3 pts(−53.7%)
V+0.3 pts(+10.4%)
BX−0.2 pts
PYPL−0.2 pts
KKR
BNY+0.2 pts(+36.5%)
HOOD−0.2 pts(−27.7%)
WFC+0.2 pts(+6.5%)
AON−0.1 pts(−24.6%)
AJG−0.1 pts(−23.5%)
BLK−0.1 pts
USB+0.1 pts
BRK-B
FIS−0.1 pts(−48.7%)
SPGI−0.1 pts(−10.4%)
PNC+0.1 pts
STT+0.1 pts
PGR−0.1 pts
MRSH
TRV+0.1 pts
AXP−0.1 pts
BRO
SCHW
CB
FITB
NTRS
CBOE
ICE
PRU
CFG
PFG
XYZ
MTB
HIG

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +1.22 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%19385776stocks:3 stocks = 127%100% covered at 3

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0JPM +0.66C +0.51BAC +0.38FISV −0.38COIN −0.31BX −0.23Oct 8Oct 9

Breadth

member returns, this period
−75%−50%−25%0%+25%+50%
From −63.93% (FISV) to +52.65% (STT). Equal-weight, the XLF would be +4.43% vs the actual +2.28%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +1.22 pts
-76
+1.2

The year, session by session

every trading day of 2026 · hover for the move
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