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WHAT MOVED THE MARKET TODAY

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83 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
178.40
+23.28 (+15.01%)
XLI 178.40 · +23.3 pts (+15.01%) YTD
188.71179.76170.82161.87EW +13.47%H 186.51 · Aug 14L 155.12 · Dec 31
Dec 31Mar 3Apr 29Jun 29Aug 25
Breadth
57 / 83
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
30%
of the gain from CAT, GEV, DE
Biggest driver
CAT +3.29
CATERPILLAR INC, +42.17%
Biggest drag
HONA −0.63
HONEYWELL AEROSPACE INC, −27.17%

What drove it

83 members · drivers first · YTD · residual 158.3bp exceeds 60bp gate

The XLI rose 15.01% (+23.28 pts) so far this year on a mixed tape; CAT, GEV, DE did most of the lifting, with 30% of the gain between them.

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+27.5 pts from 54 gainers4.3 pts from 29 losers
net +23.3 pts · gainers outweigh losers 6.4 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLIsum of all 83 stocks
+23.3
100%
+15.01%
CATCATERPILLAR INC
+3.3
14%
+42.17%
GEVGE VERNOVA INC
+1.9
8%
+41.92%
DEDEERE + CO
+1.7
7%
+36.21%
FDXFEDEX CORP
+1.7
7%
+78.69%
UNPUNION PACIFIC CORP
+1.3
6%
+35.26%
ETNEATON CORP PLC
+1.2
5%
+29.25%
GEGENERAL ELECTRIC
+1.0
4%
+13.63%
CSXCSX CORP
+0.9
4%
+43.00%
VRTVERTIV HOLDINGS CO A
+0.9
4%
+57.85%
RTXRTX CORP
+0.7
3%
+15.52%
URIUNITED RENTALS INC
+0.7
3%
+30.54%
JCIJOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATION
+0.6
3%
+19.08%
HWMHOWMET AEROSPACE INC
+0.6
2%
+28.89%
PWRQUANTA SERVICES INC
+0.6
2%
+43.07%
TTTRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC
+0.6
2%
+17.47%
53 othersclick to expand the full index
+9.2
40%
·
EFXEQUIFAX INC
−0.1
0%
−11.02%
BLDRBUILDERS FIRSTSOURCE INC
−0.1
0%
−32.57%
BRBROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIO
−0.1
−1%
−16.19%
VRSKVERISK ANALYTICS INC
−0.1
−1%
−15.29%
LDOSLEIDOS HOLDINGS INC
−0.2
−1%
−25.00%
CPRTCOPART INC
−0.2
−1%
−14.87%
OTISOTIS WORLDWIDE CORP
−0.2
−1%
−17.30%
XYLXYLEM INC
−0.2
−1%
−16.59%
PNRPENTAIR PLC
−0.2
−1%
−39.69%
NOCNORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP
−0.2
−1%
−4.13%
ROLROLLINS INC
−0.2
−1%
−39.02%
LHXL3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC
−0.2
−1%
−10.04%
TDGTRANSDIGM GROUP INC
−0.4
−2%
−10.32%
BABOEING CO/THE
−0.4
−2%
−2.79%
HONAHONEYWELL AEROSPACE INC
−0.6
−3%
−27.17%
Cap weighting, illustrated

CATERPILLAR INC and GENERAC HOLDINGS INC moved almost identically (+42.17% vs +47.95%), yet CAT moved the XLI 35.8× 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 +23.28 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
CAT+3.3 pts(+42.2%)
GEV+1.9 pts(+41.9%)
DE+1.7 pts(+36.2%)
FDX+1.7 pts(+78.7%)
UNP+1.3 pts(+35.3%)
ETN+1.2 pts(+29.3%)
GE+1.0 pts(+13.6%)
CSX+0.9 pts(+43.0%)
VRT+0.9 pts(+57.8%)
RTX
URI+0.7 pts(+30.5%)
HONA−0.6 pts(−27.2%)
JCI+0.6 pts
HWM+0.6 pts
PWR+0.6 pts
TT
GWW+0.5 pts(+29.5%)
PH+0.5 pts(+16.1%)
ADP+0.5 pts
FAST+0.5 pts
EMR
FIX
WAB+0.4 pts
CMI+0.4 pts
BA
TDG
NSC+0.4 pts
ODFL+0.4 pts
ITW
LMT
PCAR
GD+0.3 pts
UPS+0.3 pts
ROL
PAYX
NOC
PNR
AME
OTIS
EXPD
CTAS
JBHT
ROK
WM
IEX
EME
VRSK
SWK
BR
RSG
MAS

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +23.28 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%21426283stocks:3 stocks = 30%100% covered at 29

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0CAT +3.29GEV +1.89DE +1.69HONA −0.63BA −0.40TDG −0.40Dec 31Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−50%−25%0%+25%+50%+75%
From −39.69% (PNR) to +78.69% (FDX). Equal-weight, the XLI would be +13.47% vs the actual +15.01%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +23.28 pts
-83
+23.2

The year, session by session

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