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Health Care · Select Sector

59 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
175.30
+11.90 (+7.28%)
XLV 175.30 · +11.9 pts (+7.28%) 1M
183.03177.45171.88166.31160.73EW +11.17%H 175.68 · Aug 19L 162.10 · Aug 4
Jul 27Aug 3Aug 11Aug 18Aug 25
Breadth
50 / 59
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
29%
of the gain from MRK, AMGN, MRNA
Biggest driver
MRK +1.64
MERCK + CO. INC., +19.65%
Biggest drag
CVS −0.47
CVS HEALTH CORP, −13.26%

What drove it

59 members · drivers first · 1M · residual 16.4bp within 60bp gate

The XLV rose 7.28% (+11.90 pts) on the month in a broad advance: 50 of 59 stocks rose, with MRK out front at +1.64 points.

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+12.9 pts from 50 gainers1.0 pts from 9 losers
net +11.9 pts · gainers outweigh losers 13.1 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLVsum of all 59 stocks
+11.9
100%
+7.28%
MRKMERCK + CO. INC.
+1.6
14%
+19.65%
AMGNAMGEN INC
+0.9
8%
+18.21%
MRNAMODERNA INC
+0.9
7%
+185.51%
LLYELI LILLY + CO
+0.8
7%
+3.17%
TMOTHERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC
+0.8
6%
+12.27%
ABTABBOTT LABORATORIES
+0.6
5%
+11.12%
PFEPFIZER INC
+0.6
5%
+15.79%
GILDGILEAD SCIENCES INC
+0.6
5%
+13.98%
JNJJOHNSON + JOHNSON
+0.5
4%
+2.70%
VRTXVERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC
+0.5
4%
+15.42%
REGNREGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS
+0.5
4%
+25.08%
DHRDANAHER CORP
+0.3
3%
+9.88%
ABBVABBVIE INC
+0.3
3%
+3.41%
BMYBRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO
+0.3
3%
+8.57%
BDXBECTON DICKINSON AND CO
+0.3
2%
+19.51%
29 othersclick to expand the full index
+3.3
28%
·
UHSUNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES B
+0.0
0%
+10.38%
CNCCENTENE CORP
+0.0
0%
+1.44%
HSICHENRY SCHEIN INC
+0.0
0%
+5.96%
COOCOOPER COS INC/THE
+0.0
0%
+3.91%
ZTSZOETIS INC
+0.0
0%
+0.47%
TECHBIO TECHNE CORP
+0.0
0%
+1.10%
SYKSTRYKER CORP
−0.0
0%
−1.80%
ALGNALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC
−0.0
0%
−5.02%
IDXXIDEXX LABORATORIES INC
−0.0
0%
−1.11%
CITHE CIGNA GROUP
−0.0
0%
−4.02%
VTRSVIATRIS INC
−0.0
0%
−4.49%
PODDINSULET CORP
−0.0
0%
−13.30%
DVADAVITA INC
−0.0
0%
−24.76%
UNHUNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC
−0.3
−3%
−5.04%
CVSCVS HEALTH CORP
−0.5
−4%
−13.26%
Cap weighting, illustrated

ABBVIE INC and COOPER COS INC/THE moved almost identically (+3.41% vs +3.91%), yet ABBV moved the XLV 31.1× 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 +11.90 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
MRK+1.6 pts(+19.6%)
AMGN+0.9 pts(+18.2%)
MRNA+0.9 pts(+185.5%)
LLY+0.8 pts(+3.2%)
TMO+0.8 pts
ABT+0.6 pts(+11.1%)
PFE+0.6 pts(+15.8%)
GILD+0.6 pts(+14.0%)
JNJ+0.5 pts
VRTX+0.5 pts(+15.4%)
CVS−0.5 pts(−13.3%)
REGN+0.5 pts(+25.1%)
DHR+0.3 pts(+9.9%)
ABBV+0.3 pts
UNH−0.3 pts
BMY+0.3 pts
BDX+0.3 pts
MDT+0.2 pts(+8.2%)
MCK+0.2 pts
IQV+0.2 pts
VEEV+0.2 pts
HCA+0.2 pts
BSX
ELV
ISRG
GEHC
EW+0.1 pts
RMD+0.1 pts
COR
A
CRL
WAT
HUM
LH
CAH
BIIB

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +11.90 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%15304459stocks:3 stocks = 29%100% covered at 30

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0MRK +1.64AMGN +0.95MRNA +0.89CVS −0.47UNH −0.31DVA −0.05Jul 27Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−25%+25%+75%+125%+175%
From −24.76% (DVA) to +185.51% (MRNA). Equal-weight, the XLV would be +11.17% vs the actual +7.28%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +11.90 pts
-59
+11.9

The year, session by session

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