GENERAL ELECTRIC and TEXTRON INC moved almost identically (−6.82% vs −6.09%), yet GE moved the XLI 29.6× 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 −5.17 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
GE−0.8 pts(−6.8%)
GEV−0.7 pts(−7.8%)
RTX−0.6 pts(−6.7%)
CAT−0.5 pts(−3.6%)
PWR−0.4 pts
UBER+0.4 pts(+7.6%)
HWM−0.4 pts(−9.8%)
LMT−0.3 pts(−8.3%)
DE+0.3 pts
BA−0.3 pts(−5.4%)
ETN−0.3 pts(−5.1%)
VRT−0.2 pts
FIX−0.2 pts
CMI−0.2 pts
UNP+0.2 pts
NOC
ADP+0.2 pts(+5.0%)
JCI−0.2 pts(−5.3%)
GD−0.1 pts
URI−0.1 pts
EME
HON−0.1 pts
PH−0.1 pts
LHX
NSC
UPS
CARR
FERG
AME
ODFL
CTAS
CPRT
PAYX
NDSN
DAL
VRSK
Concentration curve
cumulative share of the −5.17 pt move · sorted by contribution
When they drove it
cumulative points through the period
Breadth
member returns, this period
−15%−10%−5%0%+5%
From −13.31% (PWR) to +9.65% (NDSN). Equal-weight, the XLI would be −1.68% vs the actual −2.82%; the gap is what cap weighting did.
By sector
point contribution · sums to −5.17 pts
-83
−5.2
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What moved the market
1W · AUG 25, 2026
−2.82%
−5.2 pts · closed 178.40
29 of 83 rose · 54 fell
UBER+7.6%
+0.4
DE+7.1%
+0.3
UNP+3.6%
+0.2
ADP+5.0%
+0.2
NSC+3.6%
+0.1
PWR−13.3%
−0.4
CAT−3.6%
−0.5
RTX−6.7%
−0.6
GEV−7.8%
−0.7
GE−6.8%
−0.8
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