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Utilities · Select Sector

31 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
43.30
−0.72 (−1.64%)
XLU 43.30 · −0.7 pts (−1.64%) 1W
43.9643.5343.1042.66EW −1.65%H 44.29 · 09:30L 42.77 · 15:55
Aug 19Aug 20Aug 21Aug 24Aug 25
30-minute bars · index reconstructed live from member prices
Breadth
27 / 31
stocks fell with the index
Concentration
38%
of the decline from NEE, SO, SRE
Biggest driver
NEE −0.13
NEXTERA ENERGY INC, −2.31%
Biggest offset
CEG +0.11
CONSTELLATION ENERGY, +4.34%

What drove it

31 members · detractors first · 1W · residual 3.0bp within 60bp gate

The XLU fell 1.64% (−0.72 pts) on the week in a broad selloff: 27 of 31 stocks fell, with NEE out front at −0.13 points.

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+0.2 pts from 4 gainers0.9 pts from 27 losers
net −0.7 pts · losers outweigh gainers 5.2 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLUsum of all 31 stocks
−0.7
100%
−1.64%
NEENEXTERA ENERGY INC
−0.1
19%
−2.31%
SOSOUTHERN CO/THE
−0.1
10%
−2.25%
SRESEMPRA
−0.1
9%
−3.61%
AEPAMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER
−0.1
9%
−2.83%
DUKDUKE ENERGY CORP
−0.1
8%
−1.89%
DDOMINION ENERGY INC
−0.0
7%
−2.42%
WECWEC ENERGY GROUP INC
−0.0
6%
−3.95%
XELXCEL ENERGY INC
−0.0
5%
−2.50%
PEGPUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GP
−0.0
5%
−3.07%
EXCEXELON CORP
−0.0
5%
−2.21%
CNPCENTERPOINT ENERGY INC
−0.0
4%
−3.36%
DTEDTE ENERGY COMPANY
−0.0
4%
−2.90%
ETRENTERGY CORP
−0.0
4%
−1.66%
AEEAMEREN CORPORATION
−0.0
3%
−2.54%
CMSCMS ENERGY CORP
−0.0
3%
−3.28%
NINISOURCE INC
−0.0
3%
−3.48%
VSTVISTRA CORP
−0.0
3%
−1.01%
NRGNRG ENERGY INC
−0.0
2%
−1.69%
PPLPPL CORP
−0.0
2%
−1.75%
EVRGEVERGY INC
−0.0
2%
−2.41%
ESEVERSOURCE ENERGY
−0.0
2%
−1.63%
LNTALLIANT ENERGY CORP
−0.0
2%
−2.34%
EDCONSOLIDATED EDISON INC
−0.0
2%
−1.08%
FEFIRSTENERGY CORP
−0.0
2%
−1.40%
ATOATMOS ENERGY CORP
−0.0
1%
−1.14%
PNWPINNACLE WEST CAPITAL
−0.0
1%
−2.48%
AESAES CORP
−0.0
0%
−0.14%
AWKAMERICAN WATER WORKS CO INC
+0.0
−1%
+0.99%
EIXEDISON INTERNATIONAL
+0.0
−2%
+1.48%
PCGP G + E CORP
+0.0
−5%
+3.03%
CEGCONSTELLATION ENERGY
+0.1
−15%
+4.34%
Cap weighting, illustrated

NEXTERA ENERGY INC and PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL moved almost identically (−2.31% vs −2.48%), yet NEE moved the XLU 13.4× 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 −0.72 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
NEE−0.1 pts(−2.3%)
CEG+0.1 pts(+4.3%)
SO−0.1 pts(−2.2%)
SRE−0.1 pts(−3.6%)
AEP−0.1 pts(−2.8%)
DUK−0.1 pts(−1.9%)
D−0.0 pts
WEC−0.0 pts(−4.0%)
XEL−0.0 pts(−2.5%)
PEG−0.0 pts
PCG+0.0 pts(+3.0%)
EXC−0.0 pts(−2.2%)
CNP−0.0 pts
DTE−0.0 pts(−2.9%)
ETR−0.0 pts(−1.7%)
AEE−0.0 pts
CMS−0.0 pts
NI−0.0 pts
VST−0.0 pts
NRG
PPL
EVRG−0.0 pts
ES−0.0 pts
LNT
EIX+0.0 pts
ED−0.0 pts
AWK
ATO
PNW

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the −0.72 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%8162331stocks:3 stocks = 38%100% covered at 15

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0NEE −0.13SO −0.07SRE −0.06CEG +0.11PCG +0.04EIX +0.01Aug 18Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−4%−2%0%+2%+4%
From −3.95% (WEC) to +4.34% (CEG). Equal-weight, the XLU would be −1.65% vs the actual −1.64%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to −0.72 pts
-31
−0.7

The year, session by session

every trading day of 2026 · hover for the move
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