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WHAT MOVED THE MARKET TODAY

Health Care · Select Sector

59 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
175.30
+16.64 (+10.49%)
XLV 175.30 · +16.6 pts (+10.49%) QTD
183.78176.99170.20163.41156.62EW +14.78%H 175.68 · Aug 19L 158.29 · Jul 14
Jun 30Jul 15Jul 29Aug 11Aug 25
Breadth
51 / 59
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
27%
of the gain from MRK, TMO, JNJ
Biggest driver
MRK +1.79
MERCK + CO. INC., +21.75%
Biggest drag
CVS −0.27
CVS HEALTH CORP, −9.66%

What drove it

59 members · drivers first · QTD · residual 26.0bp within 60bp gate

The XLV rose 10.49% (+16.64 pts) so far this quarter in a broad advance: 51 of 59 stocks rose, with MRK out front at +1.79 points.

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+17.5 pts from 52 gainers0.8 pts from 7 losers
net +16.6 pts · gainers outweigh losers 22.5 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLVsum of all 59 stocks
+16.6
100%
+10.49%
MRKMERCK + CO. INC.
+1.8
11%
+21.75%
TMOTHERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC
+1.4
8%
+25.29%
JNJJOHNSON + JOHNSON
+1.3
8%
+7.54%
ABTABBOTT LABORATORIES
+1.3
8%
+28.86%
AMGNAMGEN INC
+1.1
7%
+22.13%
MRNAMODERNA INC
+0.8
5%
+126.80%
PFEPFIZER INC
+0.7
4%
+20.70%
GILDGILEAD SCIENCES INC
+0.7
4%
+17.75%
LLYELI LILLY + CO
+0.7
4%
+2.85%
ABBVABBVIE INC
+0.7
4%
+6.33%
BMYBRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO
+0.7
4%
+19.15%
REGNREGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS
+0.6
3%
+33.68%
MCKMCKESSON CORP
+0.5
3%
+19.80%
MDTMEDTRONIC PLC
+0.5
3%
+16.50%
DHRDANAHER CORP
+0.4
3%
+13.35%
29 othersclick to expand the full index
+4.2
25%
·
BIIBBIOGEN INC
+0.0
0%
+2.18%
CAHCARDINAL HEALTH INC
+0.0
0%
+0.37%
CNCCENTENE CORP
+0.0
0%
+1.26%
VTRSVIATRIS INC
+0.0
0%
+5.29%
HSICHENRY SCHEIN INC
+0.0
0%
+7.34%
EWEDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP
+0.0
0%
+0.41%
TECHBIO TECHNE CORP
+0.0
0%
+2.38%
COOCOOPER COS INC/THE
+0.0
0%
+1.85%
PODDINSULET CORP
−0.0
0%
−6.04%
WSTWEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES
−0.0
0%
−2.83%
ALGNALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC
−0.0
0%
−5.37%
DVADAVITA INC
−0.0
0%
−20.08%
UNHUNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC
−0.2
−1%
−4.58%
ISRGINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC
−0.3
−2%
−6.50%
CVSCVS HEALTH CORP
−0.3
−2%
−9.66%
Cap weighting, illustrated

JOHNSON + JOHNSON and HENRY SCHEIN INC moved almost identically (+7.54% vs +7.34%), yet JNJ moved the XLV 72.7× 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 +16.64 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
MRK+1.8 pts(+21.8%)
TMO+1.4 pts(+25.3%)
JNJ+1.3 pts(+7.5%)
ABT+1.3 pts(+28.9%)
AMGN+1.1 pts(+22.1%)
MRNA+0.8 pts
PFE+0.7 pts(+20.7%)
GILD+0.7 pts(+17.8%)
LLY+0.7 pts
ABBV+0.7 pts(+6.3%)
BMY+0.7 pts(+19.2%)
REGN+0.6 pts(+33.7%)
MCK+0.5 pts(+19.8%)
MDT+0.5 pts(+16.5%)
DHR+0.4 pts(+13.4%)
VRTX+0.4 pts
BDX+0.3 pts(+25.5%)
IQV+0.3 pts(+34.3%)
VEEV+0.3 pts
COR+0.3 pts
BSX+0.3 pts
CVS
DXCM+0.3 pts
ISRG−0.3 pts
SYK
UNH−0.2 pts
RMD
HCA
ELV
A
LH
CI
GEHC
ZBH

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +16.64 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%15304459stocks:3 stocks = 27%100% covered at 33

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0MRK +1.79TMO +1.36JNJ +1.32CVS −0.27ISRG −0.25UNH −0.18Jun 30Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−25%+25%+75%+125%
From −20.08% (DVA) to +126.80% (MRNA). Equal-weight, the XLV would be +14.78% vs the actual +10.49%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +16.64 pts
-59
+16.7

The year, session by session

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