31 members · detractors first · YTD · residual 148.9bp exceeds 60bp gate
The XLU fell 3.03% (−1.29 pts) so far this year, but 18 of 31 members went the other way. NEE and NRG dragged the tape lower, accounting for 73% of the decline.
NEXTERA ENERGY INC and ATMOS ENERGY CORP moved almost identically (−2.28% vs −2.49%), yet NEE moved the XLU 6.8× 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 −1.29 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
NEE−0.4 pts(−2.3%)
NRG−0.3 pts(−31.8%)
PCG−0.2 pts(−17.9%)
VST+0.1 pts(+0.3%)
SRE−0.1 pts(−6.2%)
ETR+0.1 pts(+13.2%)
AEP+0.1 pts(+8.1%)
PEG−0.1 pts(−8.5%)
D+0.1 pts(+7.4%)
EXC−0.1 pts(−2.5%)
CMS−0.1 pts(−4.5%)
CEG−0.1 pts
EVRG
ATO−0.1 pts(−2.5%)
EIX−0.1 pts(−5.4%)
ED+0.0 pts
ES−0.0 pts
DUK−0.0 pts
DTE−0.0 pts
PNW
PPL−0.0 pts
FE
AWK
AES
AEE
WEC
Concentration curve
cumulative share of the −1.29 pt move · sorted by contribution
When they drove it
cumulative points through the period
Breadth
member returns, this period
−40%−30%−20%−10%0%+10%
From −31.76% (NRG) to +13.61% (PNW). Equal-weight, the XLU would be +0.74% vs the actual −3.03%; the gap is what cap weighting did.
By sector
point contribution · sums to −1.29 pts
-31
−1.0
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What moved the market
YTD · OCT 9, 2026
−3.03%
−1.3 pts · closed 41.40
18 of 31 rose · 13 fell
VST+0.3%
+0.1
ETR+13.2%
+0.1
AEP+8.1%
+0.1
D+7.4%
+0.1
EVRG+13.6%
+0.1
PEG−8.5%
−0.1
SRE−6.2%
−0.1
PCG−17.9%
−0.2
NRG−31.8%
−0.3
NEE−2.3%
−0.4
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