GENERAL ELECTRIC and UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS INC moved almost identically (+11.14% vs +10.85%), yet GE moved the XLI 31.9× 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 +4.10 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
GEV−1.7 pts(−13.5%)
CAT−1.4 pts(−10.7%)
GE+1.3 pts(+11.1%)
RTX+1.2 pts(+17.5%)
FDX+1.1 pts(+28.5%)
DE+1.0 pts(+19.5%)
ADP+1.0 pts
PWR−0.8 pts
UBER+0.8 pts(+14.6%)
VRT−0.8 pts(−21.1%)
AXON+0.7 pts(+59.2%)
HONA−0.6 pts(−27.2%)
PH+0.6 pts(+17.0%)
BA−0.5 pts
FIX−0.5 pts
UNP+0.5 pts(+14.8%)
HON−0.5 pts(−11.3%)
CTAS+0.4 pts
URI+0.4 pts
PAYX+0.3 pts
LHX
MMM+0.3 pts
CSX+0.3 pts
CMI
FAST
ITW+0.3 pts
GD+0.2 pts
ROL−0.2 pts
TDG
NOC
GNRC
EME
JCI
ETN
J
BR
VLTO
LII
CHRW
EXPD
RSG
NSC
SWK
Concentration curve
cumulative share of the +4.10 pt move · sorted by contribution
When they drove it
cumulative points through the period
Breadth
member returns, this period
−50%−25%0%+25%+50%
From −31.60% (ROL) to +59.16% (AXON). Equal-weight, the XLI would be +3.90% vs the actual +2.35%; the gap is what cap weighting did.
By sector
point contribution · sums to +4.10 pts
-83
+4.1
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What moved the market
3M · AUG 25, 2026
+2.35%
+4.1 pts · closed 178.40
49 of 83 rose · 34 fell
GE+11.1%
+1.3
RTX+17.5%
+1.2
FDX+28.5%
+1.1
DE+19.5%
+1.0
ADP+30.5%
+1.0
HONA−27.2%
−0.6
VRT−21.1%
−0.8
PWR−18.7%
−0.8
CAT−10.7%
−1.4
GEV−13.5%
−1.7
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