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Financials · Select Sector

76 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
58.30
+6.45 (+12.44%)
XLF 58.30 · +6.4 pts (+12.44%) 3M
59.5057.1154.7152.3149.92EW +13.59%H 58.30 · Aug 25L 50.87 · Jun 3
May 26Jun 17Jul 13Aug 3Aug 25
Breadth
69 / 76
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
36%
of the gain from JPM, V, MA
Biggest driver
JPM +1.04
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO, +16.29%
Biggest drag
CBOE −0.05
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS INC, −12.60%

What drove it

76 members · drivers first · 3M · residual 19.3bp within 60bp gate

The XLF rose 12.44% (+6.45 pts) over the past three months in a broad advance: 69 of 76 stocks rose, with JPM out front at +1.04 points.

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+6.6 pts from 68 gainers0.2 pts from 8 losers
net +6.4 pts · gainers outweigh losers 41.8 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLFsum of all 76 stocks
+6.4
100%
+12.44%
JPMJPMORGAN CHASE + CO
+1.0
16%
+16.29%
VVISA INC CLASS A SHARES
+0.6
10%
+17.62%
MAMASTERCARD INC A
+0.6
9%
+21.55%
BACBANK OF AMERICA CORP
+0.5
8%
+21.07%
SCHWSCHWAB (CHARLES) CORP
+0.3
4%
+25.58%
HOODROBINHOOD MARKETS INC A
+0.2
4%
+51.29%
GSGOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC
+0.2
3%
+6.94%
MSMORGAN STANLEY
+0.2
3%
+7.43%
WFCWELLS FARGO + CO
+0.2
3%
+9.37%
COFCAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP
+0.2
2%
+16.05%
BXBLACKSTONE INC
+0.1
2%
+21.40%
BRK-BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B
+0.1
2%
+4.25%
AJGARTHUR J GALLAGHER + CO
+0.1
2%
+32.08%
CCITIGROUP INC
+0.1
2%
+5.04%
BNYBANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP
+0.1
2%
+16.02%
46 othersclick to expand the full index
+2.0
30%
·
EGEVEREST GROUP LTD
+0.0
0%
+7.22%
ERIEERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY CL A
+0.0
0%
+15.65%
GLGLOBE LIFE INC
+0.0
0%
+9.92%
WRBWR BERKLEY CORP
+0.0
0%
+3.68%
KEYKEYCORP
+0.0
0%
+1.50%
CINFCINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORP
+0.0
0%
+3.20%
LLOEWS CORP
+0.0
0%
+1.64%
HIGHARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP INC
−0.0
0%
+2.60%
FISFIDELITY NATIONAL INFO SERV
−0.0
0%
−3.05%
AIGAMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP
−0.0
0%
−0.38%
AFLAFLAC INC
−0.0
0%
−0.54%
MSCIMSCI INC
−0.0
0%
−4.15%
CMECME GROUP INC
−0.0
0%
−1.35%
FISVFISERV INC
−0.0
0%
−5.70%
CBOECBOE GLOBAL MARKETS INC
−0.1
−1%
−12.60%
Cap weighting, illustrated

JPMORGAN CHASE + CO and ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY CL A moved almost identically (+16.29% vs +15.65%), yet JPM moved the XLF 103.7× 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 +6.45 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
JPM+1.0 pts(+16.3%)
V+0.6 pts(+17.6%)
MA+0.6 pts(+21.5%)
BAC+0.5 pts(+21.1%)
SCHW+0.3 pts(+25.6%)
HOOD+0.2 pts
GS+0.2 pts
MS
WFC+0.2 pts(+9.4%)
COF+0.2 pts(+16.0%)
BX+0.1 pts(+21.4%)
BRK-B+0.1 pts(+4.2%)
AJG+0.1 pts(+32.1%)
C+0.1 pts
BNY+0.1 pts
BLK
PYPL+0.1 pts
AXP+0.1 pts
TRV+0.1 pts
MRSH
USB
KKR+0.1 pts
SPGI+0.1 pts
STT
ALL
PNC
WTW
MCO
IBKR
PGR
PRU
AON
ICE
MET
GPN
FITB
ARES

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +6.45 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%19385776stocks:3 stocks = 36%100% covered at 50

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0JPM +1.04V +0.65MA +0.61CBOE −0.05FISV −0.03CME −0.03May 26Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−20%0%+20%+40%
From −12.60% (CBOE) to +51.29% (HOOD). Equal-weight, the XLF would be +13.59% vs the actual +12.44%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +6.45 pts
-76
+6.4

The year, session by session

every trading day of 2026 · hover for the move
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