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WHAT MOVED THE MARKET TODAY

Consumer Staples · Select Sector

34 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 26, 2026 · session in progress
86.33
−0.18 (−0.20%)
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XLP 86.33 · −0.2 pts (−0.20%) 1D
86.8186.6786.5386.3986.25prev close 86.51EW −0.12%H 86.64 · 10:15L 86.29 · 11:15
open10:2511:2512:2513:25
5-minute bars · index reconstructed live from member prices
Breadth
17 / 34
stocks fell with the index
Concentration
100%+
of the decline from KO, WMT, MNST
Biggest driver
KO −0.08
COCA COLA CO/THE, −1.28%
Biggest offset
MO +0.04
ALTRIA GROUP INC, +1.10%
Context
40th pctile
of the past year's sessions by daily move, so far

What drove it

34 members · detractors first · 1D · reconstructed from each member's latest trade price; official close pending

The XLP is down 0.20% (−0.18 pts) so far today, but 17 of 34 members went the other way. KO and WMT dragged the tape lower, contributing more than the entire move.

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+0.2 pts from 17 gainers0.3 pts from 17 losers
net −0.2 pts · losers outweigh gainers 2.1 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLPsum of all 34 stocks
−0.2
100%
−0.20%
KOCOCA COLA CO/THE
−0.1
47%
−1.28%
WMTWALMART INC
−0.1
33%
−0.70%
MNSTMONSTER BEVERAGE CORP
−0.0
26%
−1.22%
KHCKRAFT HEINZ CO/THE
−0.0
22%
−3.28%
DLTRDOLLAR TREE INC
−0.0
13%
−1.65%
DGDOLLAR GENERAL CORP
−0.0
10%
−1.23%
PGPROCTER + GAMBLE CO/THE
−0.0
8%
−0.23%
KVUEKENVUE INC
−0.0
7%
−0.62%
KMBKIMBERLY CLARK CORP
−0.0
5%
−0.48%
COSTCOSTCO WHOLESALE CORP
−0.0
5%
−0.12%
HSYHERSHEY CO/THE
−0.0
4%
−0.51%
CASYCASEY S GENERAL STORES INC
−0.0
4%
−0.44%
TSNTYSON FOODS INC CL A
−0.0
2%
−0.44%
CLXCLOROX COMPANY
−0.0
2%
−0.49%
BF-BBROWN FORMAN CORP CLASS B
−0.0
1%
−0.98%
PEPPEPSICO INC
−0.0
1%
−0.04%
HRLHORMEL FOODS CORP
−0.0
0%
−0.17%
CHDCHURCH + DWIGHT CO INC
+0.0
0%
+0.02%
STZCONSTELLATION BRANDS INC A
+0.0
0%
+0.06%
MDLZMONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC A
+0.0
−1%
+0.02%
SYYSYSCO CORP
+0.0
−1%
+0.05%
MKCMCCORMICK + CO NON VTG SHRS
+0.0
−1%
+0.17%
TAPMOLSON COORS BEVERAGE CO B
+0.0
−1%
+0.43%
KRKROGER CO
+0.0
−1%
+0.13%
ELESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES CL A
+0.0
−2%
+0.23%
TGTTARGET CORP
+0.0
−2%
+0.09%
BGBUNGE GLOBAL SA
+0.0
−3%
+0.68%
KDPKEURIG DR PEPPER INC
+0.0
−3%
+0.25%
GISGENERAL MILLS INC
+0.0
−5%
+0.74%
PMPHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL
+0.0
−5%
+0.16%
ADMARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO
+0.0
−11%
+0.96%
SJMJM SMUCKER CO/THE
+0.0
−16%
+3.99%
CLCOLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
+0.0
−18%
+0.78%
MOALTRIA GROUP INC
+0.0
−22%
+1.10%
Cap weighting, illustrated

WALMART INC and KENVUE INC moved almost identically (−0.70% vs −0.62%), yet WMT moved the XLP 4.7× 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 −0.18 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
KO−0.1 pts(−1.3%)
WMT−0.1 pts(−0.7%)
MNST−0.0 pts(−1.2%)
MO+0.0 pts(+1.1%)
KHC−0.0 pts(−3.3%)
CL+0.0 pts(+0.8%)
SJM+0.0 pts(+4.0%)
DLTR−0.0 pts(−1.7%)
ADM+0.0 pts
DG−0.0 pts
PG−0.0 pts(−0.2%)
KVUE−0.0 pts
KMB−0.0 pts
COST−0.0 pts
PM+0.0 pts
GIS+0.0 pts
HSY
CASY
KDP
BG+0.0 pts
TSN
TGT
BF-B
KR

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the −0.18 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%9172634stocks:3 stocks = 106%100% covered at 3

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0KO −0.08WMT −0.06MNST −0.05MO +0.04CL +0.03SJM +0.03Aug 25Aug 26

Breadth

member returns, this period
−4%−2%0%+2%
From −3.28% (KHC) to +3.99% (SJM). Equal-weight, the XLP would be −0.12% vs the actual −0.20%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to −0.18 pts
-34
−0.2

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