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.
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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.
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