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WHAT MOVED THE MARKET TODAY

Consumer Staples · Select Sector

34 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
86.51
+3.44 (+4.14%)
XLP 86.51 · +3.4 pts (+4.14%) QTD
88.1286.4984.8783.2581.62EW +4.35%H 87.45 · Aug 24L 83.07 · Jun 30
Jun 30Jul 15Jul 29Aug 11Aug 25
Breadth
26 / 34
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
57%
of the gain from TGT, KO, PM
Biggest driver
TGT +0.85
TARGET CORP, +25.14%
Biggest drag
MNST −3.45
MONSTER BEVERAGE CORP, −49.30%

What drove it

34 members · drivers first · QTD · residual 448.6bp exceeds 60bp gate

The XLP rose 4.14% (+3.44 pts) so far this quarter in a broad advance: 26 of 34 stocks rose, with TGT out front at +0.85 points.

Read the latest market-close note: Nvidia and Goldman Sachs Lead a Narrow Advance as Energy and Staples Slide

+4.2 pts from 26 gainers4.4 pts from 8 losers
net +3.4 pts · losers outweigh gainers 1.0 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLPsum of all 34 stocks
+3.4
100%
+4.14%
TGTTARGET CORP
+0.9
25%
+25.14%
KOCOCA COLA CO/THE
+0.7
20%
+12.77%
PMPHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL
+0.4
12%
+7.19%
MDLZMONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC A
+0.3
10%
+8.90%
ELESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES CL A
+0.3
10%
+32.81%
COSTCOSTCO WHOLESALE CORP
+0.2
6%
+2.78%
PEPPEPSICO INC
+0.2
5%
+5.07%
GISGENERAL MILLS INC
+0.2
5%
+16.24%
DLTRDOLLAR TREE INC
+0.1
4%
+11.19%
DGDOLLAR GENERAL CORP
+0.1
3%
+7.06%
HSYHERSHEY CO/THE
+0.1
3%
+6.64%
CHDCHURCH + DWIGHT CO INC
+0.1
2%
+5.84%
KHCKRAFT HEINZ CO/THE
+0.1
2%
+7.20%
ADMARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO
+0.1
2%
+3.61%
SJMJM SMUCKER CO/THE
+0.1
2%
+11.63%
KRKROGER CO
+0.1
2%
+5.33%
CLXCLOROX COMPANY
+0.1
2%
+9.99%
MKCMCCORMICK + CO NON VTG SHRS
+0.0
1%
+9.07%
BGBUNGE GLOBAL SA
+0.0
1%
+4.68%
PGPROCTER + GAMBLE CO/THE
+0.0
1%
−0.10%
TAPMOLSON COORS BEVERAGE CO B
+0.0
1%
+7.83%
CASYCASEY S GENERAL STORES INC
+0.0
1%
+3.87%
KVUEKENVUE INC
+0.0
1%
+1.33%
BF-BBROWN FORMAN CORP CLASS B
+0.0
0%
+5.74%
KMBKIMBERLY CLARK CORP
+0.0
0%
+1.14%
CLCOLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
+0.0
0%
+0.19%
TSNTYSON FOODS INC CL A
−0.0
0%
−0.14%
SYYSYSCO CORP
−0.0
0%
+0.50%
HRLHORMEL FOODS CORP
−0.0
0%
−3.09%
STZCONSTELLATION BRANDS INC A
−0.0
−1%
−2.15%
KDPKEURIG DR PEPPER INC
−0.0
−1%
−2.72%
MOALTRIA GROUP INC
−0.2
−5%
−5.39%
WMTWALMART INC
−0.7
−20%
−6.96%
MNSTMONSTER BEVERAGE CORP
−3.4
−100%
−49.30%
Cap weighting, illustrated

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL and MOLSON COORS BEVERAGE CO B moved almost identically (+7.19% vs +7.83%), yet PM moved the XLP 15.3× 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 +3.44 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
MNST−3.4 pts(−49.3%)
TGT+0.9 pts(+25.1%)
KO+0.7 pts(+12.8%)
WMT−0.7 pts(−7.0%)
PM+0.4 pts(+7.2%)
MDLZ+0.3 pts
EL+0.3 pts(+32.8%)
COST+0.2 pts(+2.8%)
PEP+0.2 pts
MO−0.2 pts
GIS
DLTR+0.1 pts(+11.2%)
DG+0.1 pts
HSY+0.1 pts
CHD+0.1 pts
KHC
ADM
SJM
KR+0.1 pts
CLX
MKC

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +3.44 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%9172634stocks:3 stocks = 57%100% covered at 11

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0TGT +0.85KO +0.70PM +0.42MNST −3.45WMT −0.67MO −0.18Jun 30Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−50%−30%−10%+10%+30%
From −49.30% (MNST) to +32.81% (EL). Equal-weight, the XLP would be +4.35% vs the actual +4.14%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +3.44 pts
-34
−0.2

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