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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
43.58
+0.28 (+0.65%)
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XLU 43.58 · +0.3 pts (+0.65%) 1D
43.7543.6343.5143.39prev close 43.30EW +0.73%H 43.70 · 10:10L 43.30 · open
open09:5510:2510:5011:20
5-minute bars · index reconstructed live from member prices
Breadth
27 / 31
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
33%
of the gain from CEG, SRE, VST
Biggest driver
CEG +0.04
CONSTELLATION ENERGY, +1.53%
Biggest drag
PCG −0.01
P G + E CORP, −0.41%
Context
75th 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 0.65% (+0.28 pts) so far today in a broad advance: 27 of 31 stocks rose, with CEG out front at +0.04 points.

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

+0.3 pts from 27 gainers0.0 pts from 4 losers
net +0.3 pts · gainers outweigh losers 2.9 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLUsum of all 31 stocks
+0.3
100%
+0.65%
CEGCONSTELLATION ENERGY
+0.0
15%
+1.53%
SRESEMPRA
+0.0
11%
+1.67%
VSTVISTRA CORP
+0.0
7%
+1.43%
NRGNRG ENERGY INC
+0.0
6%
+2.18%
ETRENTERGY CORP
+0.0
6%
+1.03%
AEPAMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER
+0.0
5%
+0.68%
PEGPUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GP
+0.0
5%
+1.13%
CNPCENTERPOINT ENERGY INC
+0.0
5%
+1.58%
DUKDUKE ENERGY CORP
+0.0
4%
+0.39%
EDCONSOLIDATED EDISON INC
+0.0
4%
+0.89%
WECWEC ENERGY GROUP INC
+0.0
4%
+0.97%
XELXCEL ENERGY INC
+0.0
4%
+0.65%
NEENEXTERA ENERGY INC
+0.0
3%
+0.16%
AEEAMEREN CORPORATION
+0.0
3%
+0.77%
DTEDTE ENERGY COMPANY
+0.0
3%
+0.80%
NINISOURCE INC
+0.0
2%
+1.06%
ATOATMOS ENERGY CORP
+0.0
2%
+0.72%
ESEVERSOURCE ENERGY
+0.0
2%
+0.68%
EVRGEVERGY INC
+0.0
2%
+0.92%
SOSOUTHERN CO/THE
+0.0
2%
+0.16%
LNTALLIANT ENERGY CORP
+0.0
2%
+0.89%
PPLPPL CORP
+0.0
2%
+0.51%
PNWPINNACLE WEST CAPITAL
+0.0
1%
+1.10%
CMSCMS ENERGY CORP
+0.0
1%
+0.54%
DDOMINION ENERGY INC
+0.0
1%
+0.18%
FEFIRSTENERGY CORP
+0.0
1%
+0.43%
AESAES CORP
+0.0
0%
+0.07%
AWKAMERICAN WATER WORKS CO INC
−0.0
0%
−0.03%
EXCEXELON CORP
−0.0
0%
−0.05%
EIXEDISON INTERNATIONAL
−0.0
0%
−0.11%
PCGP G + E CORP
−0.0
−2%
−0.41%
Cap weighting, illustrated

CONSTELLATION ENERGY and CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC moved almost identically (+1.53% vs +1.58%), yet CEG moved the XLU 3.3× 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 +0.28 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
CEG+0.0 pts(+1.5%)
SRE+0.0 pts(+1.7%)
VST+0.0 pts(+1.4%)
NRG+0.0 pts(+2.2%)
ETR+0.0 pts(+1.0%)
AEP+0.0 pts(+0.7%)
PEG+0.0 pts(+1.1%)
CNP+0.0 pts(+1.6%)
DUK+0.0 pts(+0.4%)
ED+0.0 pts
WEC+0.0 pts(+1.0%)
XEL+0.0 pts(+0.6%)
NEE+0.0 pts(+0.2%)
AEE+0.0 pts(+0.8%)
DTE+0.0 pts
NI+0.0 pts
ATO+0.0 pts
ES+0.0 pts
EVRG+0.0 pts
PCG−0.0 pts
SO+0.0 pts
LNT+0.0 pts
PPL+0.0 pts
PNW+0.0 pts
CMS+0.0 pts
D+0.0 pts
FE+0.0 pts

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +0.28 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%8162331stocks:3 stocks = 33%100% covered at 24

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0CEG +0.04SRE +0.03VST +0.02PCG −0.01EIX −0.00EXC −0.00Aug 25Aug 26

Breadth

member returns, this period
−0.50%0%+0.50%+1.00%+1.50%+2.00%
From −0.41% (PCG) to +2.18% (NRG). Equal-weight, the XLU would be +0.73% vs the actual +0.65%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +0.28 pts
-31
+0.3

The year, session by session

every trading day of 2026 · hover for the move
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