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76 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
58.30
+4.69 (+8.75%)
XLF 58.30 · +4.7 pts (+8.75%) QTD
59.7658.1256.4854.85EW +10.68%H 58.30 · Aug 25L 53.61 · Jun 30
Jun 30Jul 15Jul 29Aug 11Aug 25
Breadth
64 / 76
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
33%
of the gain from JPM, MA, V
Biggest driver
JPM +0.66
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO, +9.46%
Biggest drag
C −0.04
CITIGROUP INC, −4.32%

What drove it

76 members · drivers first · QTD · residual 18.0bp within 60bp gate

The XLF rose 8.75% (+4.69 pts) so far this quarter in a broad advance: 64 of 76 stocks rose, with JPM out front at +0.66 points.

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+4.8 pts from 63 gainers0.1 pts from 13 losers
net +4.7 pts · gainers outweigh losers 32.3 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLFsum of all 76 stocks
+4.7
100%
+8.75%
JPMJPMORGAN CHASE + CO
+0.7
14%
+9.46%
MAMASTERCARD INC A
+0.5
10%
+16.87%
VVISA INC CLASS A SHARES
+0.4
9%
+11.93%
BACBANK OF AMERICA CORP
+0.3
6%
+9.55%
SCHWSCHWAB (CHARLES) CORP
+0.3
5%
+21.68%
BLKBLACKROCK INC
+0.2
5%
+22.37%
ICEINTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE IN
+0.2
3%
+31.42%
BXBLACKSTONE INC
+0.1
3%
+23.03%
CMECME GROUP INC
+0.1
3%
+25.58%
PYPLPAYPAL HOLDINGS INC
+0.1
3%
+44.21%
GSGOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC
+0.1
2%
+4.71%
BNYBANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP
+0.1
2%
+13.62%
MRSHMARSH + MCLENNAN COS
+0.1
2%
+16.69%
MSMORGAN STANLEY
+0.1
2%
+4.25%
KKRKKR + CO INC
+0.1
2%
+17.24%
46 othersclick to expand the full index
+1.4
31%
·
ERIEERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY CL A
+0.0
0%
+8.22%
CFGCITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP
+0.0
0%
+0.30%
AXPAMERICAN EXPRESS CO
−0.0
0%
−0.41%
TROWT ROWE PRICE GROUP INC
−0.0
0%
−0.72%
MSCIMSCI INC
−0.0
0%
+0.72%
LLOEWS CORP
−0.0
0%
−2.12%
WRBWR BERKLEY CORP
−0.0
0%
−2.88%
GLGLOBE LIFE INC
−0.0
0%
−3.39%
KEYKEYCORP
−0.0
0%
−5.05%
AFLAFLAC INC
−0.0
0%
−0.90%
FITBFIFTH THIRD BANCORP
−0.0
0%
−2.62%
HBANHUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC
−0.0
0%
−4.40%
CINFCINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORP
−0.0
0%
−7.41%
BRK-BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B
−0.0
−1%
+0.76%
CCITIGROUP INC
−0.0
−1%
−4.32%
Cap weighting, illustrated

JPMORGAN CHASE + CO and ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY CL A moved almost identically (+9.46% vs +8.22%), yet JPM moved the XLF 65.7× 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 +4.69 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
JPM+0.7 pts(+9.5%)
MA+0.5 pts(+16.9%)
V+0.4 pts(+11.9%)
BAC+0.3 pts(+9.5%)
SCHW+0.3 pts(+21.7%)
BLK+0.2 pts(+22.4%)
ICE+0.2 pts(+31.4%)
BX+0.1 pts
CME+0.1 pts
PYPL+0.1 pts(+44.2%)
GS+0.1 pts(+4.7%)
BNY+0.1 pts(+13.6%)
MRSH+0.1 pts(+16.7%)
MS+0.1 pts(+4.3%)
KKR+0.1 pts
COF+0.1 pts
WFC
AJG+0.1 pts
AMP+0.1 pts
HOOD+0.1 pts
COIN+0.1 pts
NDAQ
MCO
WTW
APO
CBOE
SPGI+0.0 pts
ARES+0.0 pts
MET
IBKR
BRK-B
CPAY
GPN
AON
XYZ
ALL
USB

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +4.69 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%19385776stocks:3 stocks = 33%100% covered at 43

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0JPM +0.66MA +0.47V +0.43C −0.04BRK-B −0.04CINF −0.02Jun 30Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−10%0%+10%+20%+30%+40%
From −7.41% (CINF) to +44.21% (PYPL). Equal-weight, the XLF would be +10.68% vs the actual +8.75%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +4.69 pts
-76
+4.7

The year, session by session

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