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WHAT MOVED THE MARKET TODAY

Real Estate · Select Sector

30 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Oct 9, 2026 close
41.62
+0.71 (+1.72%)
XLRE 41.62 · +0.7 pts (+1.72%) QTD
41.7541.4341.1140.7940.46EW +1.87%H 41.62 · Oct 9L 40.57 · Oct 7
Sep 30Oct 2Oct 6Oct 7Oct 9
Breadth
18 / 30
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
85%
of the gain from CCI, AMT, SBAC
Biggest driver
CCI +0.25
CROWN CASTLE INC, +19.49%
Biggest drag
WELL −0.09
WELLTOWER INC, −2.08%

What drove it

30 members · drivers first · QTD · residual 8.6bp within 60bp gate

The XLRE rose 1.72% (+0.71 pts) so far this quarter, and 85% of that gain came from just three stocks: CCI, AMT, SBAC.

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+1.0 pts from 18 gainers−0.3 pts from 12 losers
net +0.7 pts · gainers outweigh losers 3.6 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLREsum of all 30 stocks
+0.7
100%
+1.72%
CCICROWN CASTLE INC
+0.2
35%
+19.49%
AMTAMERICAN TOWER CORP
+0.2
34%
+11.33%
SBACSBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP
+0.1
16%
+13.97%
IRMIRON MOUNTAIN INC
+0.1
8%
+3.24%
PSAPUBLIC STORAGE
+0.0
7%
+2.49%
EQIXEQUINIX INC
+0.0
7%
+1.43%
CSGPCOSTAR GROUP INC
+0.0
6%
+8.28%
DLRDIGITAL REALTY TRUST INC
+0.0
5%
+1.87%
EXREXTRA SPACE STORAGE INC
+0.0
5%
+2.39%
CBRECBRE GROUP INC A
+0.0
5%
+1.84%
VMRKVIVMARK RESIDENTIAL
+0.0
4%
+1.82%
INVHINVITATION HOMES INC
+0.0
2%
+1.79%
HSTHOST HOTELS + RESORTS INC
+0.0
1%
+1.16%
UDRUDR INC
+0.0
1%
+1.64%
ESSESSEX PROPERTY TRUST INC
+0.0
1%
+0.80%
CPTCAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST
+0.0
1%
+0.93%
REGREGENCY CENTERS CORP
+0.0
0%
+0.24%
WYWEYERHAEUSER CO
+0.0
0%
+0.29%
KIMKIMCO REALTY CORP
−0.0
0%
−0.20%
OREALTY INCOME CORP
−0.0
0%
−0.24%
FRTFEDERAL REALTY INVS TRUST
−0.0
−1%
−0.91%
VICIVICI PROPERTIES INC
−0.0
−1%
−0.39%
MAAMID AMERICA APARTMENT COMM
−0.0
−1%
−0.76%
SPGSIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC
−0.0
−2%
−0.67%
PLDPROLOGIS INC
−0.0
−2%
−0.42%
BXPBXP INC
−0.0
−2%
−2.93%
AREALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUIT
−0.0
−2%
−4.07%
DOCHEALTHPEAK PROPERTIES INC
−0.0
−7%
−7.26%
VTRVENTAS INC
−0.1
−9%
−3.51%
WELLWELLTOWER INC
−0.1
−13%
−2.08%
Cap weighting, illustrated

EQUINIX INC and UDR INC moved almost identically (+1.43% vs +1.64%), yet EQIX moved the XLRE 4.9× 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 +0.71 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
CCI+0.2 pts(+19.5%)
AMT+0.2 pts(+11.3%)
SBAC+0.1 pts(+14.0%)
WELL−0.1 pts(−2.1%)
VTR−0.1 pts(−3.5%)
IRM+0.1 pts
PSA+0.0 pts(+2.5%)
EQIX+0.0 pts(+1.4%)
DOC−0.0 pts
CSGP+0.0 pts(+8.3%)
DLR+0.0 pts(+1.9%)
EXR+0.0 pts
CBRE+0.0 pts(+1.8%)
VMRK+0.0 pts
BXP
PLD
SPG
INVH+0.0 pts
HST
UDR

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +0.71 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%8152330stocks:3 stocks = 85%100% covered at 6

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0CCI +0.25AMT +0.24SBAC +0.11WELL −0.09VTR −0.06DOC −0.05Sep 30Oct 9

Breadth

member returns, this period
−10%−5%0%+5%+10%+15%
From −7.26% (DOC) to +19.49% (CCI). Equal-weight, the XLRE would be +1.87% vs the actual +1.72%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +0.71 pts
-30
+0.7

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