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WHAT MOVED THE MARKET TODAY

Consumer Staples · Select Sector

34 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Oct 9, 2026 close
83.42
+5.73 (+7.38%)
XLP 83.42 · +5.7 pts (+7.38%) YTD
91.0387.1983.3579.51EW +5.73%H 90.01 · Feb 27L 76.62 · Jan 7
Dec 31Mar 13May 21Aug 3Oct 9
Breadth
19 / 34
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
70%
of the gain from KO, TGT, COST
Biggest driver
KO +1.50
COCA COLA CO/THE, +27.64%
Biggest drag
MNST −2.85
MONSTER BEVERAGE CORP, −43.08%

What drove it

34 members · drivers first · YTD · residual 174.9bp exceeds 60bp gate

The XLP rose 7.38% (+5.73 pts) so far this year, but 15 of 34 members went the other way. KO and TGT carried the tape higher, accounting for 70% of the gain.

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+8.3 pts from 16 gainers−5.8 pts from 18 losers
net +5.7 pts · gainers outweigh losers 1.4 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLPsum of all 34 stocks
+5.7
100%
+7.38%
KOCOCA COLA CO/THE
+1.5
26%
+27.64%
TGTTARGET CORP
+1.4
24%
+60.33%
COSTCOSTCO WHOLESALE CORP
+1.1
20%
+10.12%
MOALTRIA GROUP INC
+1.0
18%
+28.31%
PMPHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL
+1.0
18%
+27.59%
CLCOLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
+0.5
8%
+13.10%
ADMARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO
+0.4
7%
+40.97%
PGPROCTER + GAMBLE CO/THE
+0.3
5%
+7.05%
MDLZMONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC A
+0.3
5%
+14.18%
KDPKEURIG DR PEPPER INC
+0.2
3%
+16.13%
CASYCASEY S GENERAL STORES INC
+0.1
2%
+17.12%
CHDCHURCH + DWIGHT CO INC
+0.1
2%
+17.71%
SJMJM SMUCKER CO/THE
+0.1
2%
+25.10%
VYLRVYLOR INC
+0.1
1%
+7.27%
KRKROGER CO
+0.1
1%
−0.35%
KVUEKENVUE INC
+0.0
0%
+4.83%
BF-BBROWN FORMAN CORP CLASS B
−0.0
0%
+3.06%
HSYHERSHEY CO/THE
−0.0
0%
−9.30%
WMTWALMART INC
−0.0
−1%
+0.34%
DLTRDOLLAR TREE INC
−0.0
−1%
−3.55%
BGBUNGE GLOBAL SA
−0.1
−1%
+16.69%
HRLHORMEL FOODS CORP
−0.1
−2%
−16.78%
KMBKIMBERLY CLARK CORP
−0.1
−2%
−0.82%
SYYSYSCO CORP
−0.1
−2%
+8.34%
CLXCLOROX COMPANY
−0.1
−2%
−14.87%
TSNTYSON FOODS INC CL A
−0.1
−2%
−7.37%
STZCONSTELLATION BRANDS INC A
−0.2
−3%
−9.90%
KHCKRAFT HEINZ CO/THE
−0.2
−3%
−5.06%
DGDOLLAR GENERAL CORP
−0.2
−4%
−3.32%
MKCMCCORMICK + CO NON VTG SHRS
−0.3
−6%
−31.94%
PEPPEPSICO INC
−0.4
−7%
−10.52%
GISGENERAL MILLS INC
−0.4
−7%
−28.40%
ELESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES CL A
−0.4
−8%
−5.68%
MNSTMONSTER BEVERAGE CORP
−2.8
−50%
−43.08%
Cap weighting, illustrated

PEPSICO INC and HERSHEY CO/THE moved almost identically (−10.52% vs −9.30%), yet PEP moved the XLP 17.7× 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 +5.73 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
MNST−2.8 pts(−43.1%)
KO+1.5 pts(+27.6%)
TGT+1.4 pts(+60.3%)
COST+1.1 pts(+10.1%)
MO+1.0 pts(+28.3%)
PM+1.0 pts(+27.6%)
CL+0.5 pts
EL−0.4 pts
ADM+0.4 pts
GIS−0.4 pts(−28.4%)
PEP−0.4 pts(−10.5%)
MKC−0.3 pts(−31.9%)
PG+0.3 pts
MDLZ+0.3 pts
DG
KDP
KHC−0.2 pts
STZ−0.2 pts
CASY
CLX−0.1 pts
SJM+0.1 pts
SYY
KMB
HRL

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +5.73 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%9172634stocks:3 stocks = 70%100% covered at 5

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0KO +1.50TGT +1.39COST +1.13MNST −2.85EL −0.44GIS −0.40Dec 31Oct 9

Breadth

member returns, this period
−50%−25%0%+25%+50%
From −43.08% (MNST) to +60.33% (TGT). Equal-weight, the XLP would be +5.73% vs the actual +7.38%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +5.73 pts
-34
+2.5

The year, session by session

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