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WHAT MOVED THE MARKET TODAY

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31 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 26, 2026 · session in progress
43.49
+0.19 (+0.45%)
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XLU 43.49 · +0.2 pts (+0.45%) 1D
43.7543.6343.5143.39prev close 43.30EW +0.55%H 43.70 · 10:10L 43.30 · open
open10:2511:2512:2013:20
5-minute bars · index reconstructed live from member prices
Breadth
26 / 31
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
33%
of the gain from CEG, SRE, VST
Biggest driver
CEG +0.02
CONSTELLATION ENERGY, +0.89%
Biggest drag
EIX −0.01
EDISON INTERNATIONAL, −0.72%
Context
65th pctile
of the past year's sessions by daily move, so far

What drove it

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

The XLU is up 0.45% (+0.19 pts) so far today in a broad advance: 26 of 31 stocks rose, with CEG out front at +0.02 points.

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

+0.2 pts from 26 gainers0.0 pts from 5 losers
net +0.2 pts · gainers outweigh losers 2.1 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLUsum of all 31 stocks
+0.2
100%
+0.45%
CEGCONSTELLATION ENERGY
+0.0
13%
+0.89%
SRESEMPRA
+0.0
13%
+1.37%
VSTVISTRA CORP
+0.0
7%
+1.04%
CNPCENTERPOINT ENERGY INC
+0.0
7%
+1.68%
NRGNRG ENERGY INC
+0.0
7%
+1.80%
PEGPUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GP
+0.0
6%
+1.04%
EDCONSOLIDATED EDISON INC
+0.0
6%
+0.85%
ETRENTERGY CORP
+0.0
5%
+0.63%
DUKDUKE ENERGY CORP
+0.0
5%
+0.30%
AEPAMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER
+0.0
5%
+0.41%
WECWEC ENERGY GROUP INC
+0.0
4%
+0.75%
DTEDTE ENERGY COMPANY
+0.0
4%
+0.80%
XELXCEL ENERGY INC
+0.0
3%
+0.41%
NINISOURCE INC
+0.0
3%
+1.00%
ATOATMOS ENERGY CORP
+0.0
3%
+0.69%
AEEAMEREN CORPORATION
+0.0
3%
+0.64%
ESEVERSOURCE ENERGY
+0.0
3%
+0.61%
EVRGEVERGY INC
+0.0
3%
+0.85%
LNTALLIANT ENERGY CORP
+0.0
2%
+0.81%
PPLPPL CORP
+0.0
2%
+0.44%
PNWPINNACLE WEST CAPITAL
+0.0
1%
+0.76%
CMSCMS ENERGY CORP
+0.0
1%
+0.39%
AWKAMERICAN WATER WORKS CO INC
+0.0
1%
+0.20%
SOSOUTHERN CO/THE
+0.0
0%
+0.02%
FEFIRSTENERGY CORP
+0.0
0%
+0.02%
AESAES CORP
+0.0
0%
+0.03%
PCGP G + E CORP
−0.0
−1%
−0.11%
EXCEXELON CORP
−0.0
−1%
−0.18%
DDOMINION ENERGY INC
−0.0
−1%
−0.15%
NEENEXTERA ENERGY INC
−0.0
−2%
−0.07%
EIXEDISON INTERNATIONAL
−0.0
−3%
−0.72%
Cap weighting, illustrated

CONSTELLATION ENERGY and DTE ENERGY COMPANY moved almost identically (+0.89% vs +0.80%), yet CEG moved the XLU 2.5× 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 +0.19 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
CEG+0.0 pts(+0.9%)
SRE+0.0 pts(+1.4%)
VST+0.0 pts(+1.0%)
CNP+0.0 pts(+1.7%)
NRG+0.0 pts(+1.8%)
PEG+0.0 pts(+1.0%)
ED+0.0 pts(+0.8%)
ETR+0.0 pts(+0.6%)
DUK+0.0 pts(+0.3%)
AEP+0.0 pts
WEC+0.0 pts(+0.8%)
DTE+0.0 pts(+0.8%)
EIX−0.0 pts
XEL+0.0 pts(+0.4%)
NI+0.0 pts(+1.0%)
ATO+0.0 pts(+0.7%)
AEE+0.0 pts
ES+0.0 pts
EVRG+0.0 pts(+0.8%)
LNT+0.0 pts(+0.8%)
PPL+0.0 pts
NEE
PNW+0.0 pts
D−0.0 pts
EXC
CMS
AWK

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +0.19 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%8162331stocks:3 stocks = 33%100% covered at 18

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0CEG +0.02SRE +0.02VST +0.01EIX −0.01NEE −0.00D −0.00Aug 25Aug 26

Breadth

member returns, this period
−1.00%−0.50%0%+0.50%+1.00%+1.50%
From −0.72% (EIX) to +1.80% (NRG). Equal-weight, the XLU would be +0.55% vs the actual +0.45%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +0.19 pts
-31
+0.2

The year, session by session

every trading day of 2026 · hover for the move
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