Looking at the worst-performing sectors as of Tuesday afternoon, utility stocks are underperforming other sectors, up 0.4%. Within the sector, Xcel Energy Inc (symbol: Among utility ETFs, one ETF that tracks the sector is the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (symbol: XLU), which is up 0.2% today and down 7.04% this year. Xcel Energy Inc, meanwhile, is down 9.53% year-to-date, and Eversource Energy is down 23.57% this year. Combined, XEL and ES represent approximately 6.0% of XLU’s underlying holdings.
The next worst performing sector is technology and communications, with an increase of 0.5%. Among the major technology and communications stocks, NVIDIA Corp (symbol: NVDA) and FactSet Research Systems Inc. stand out. (symbol: FDS) the most, with a loss of 1.8% and 1.4% respectively. One ETF closely tracking Technology & Communications stock is the Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK), which is up 0.1% in afternoon trading and is up 57.05% year to date. NVIDIA Corp, meanwhile, is up 243.76% year-to-date, and FactSet Research Systems Inc. has increased by 12.24% this year. NVDA represents approximately 4.3% of XLK’s underlying interests.
Comparing these stocks and ETFs over a twelve-month period, below is a relative stock price performance chart, with each of the symbols shown in a different color, as shown in the legend at the bottom:
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Here’s a snapshot of how the S&P 500 components across sectors are doing in afternoon trading on Tuesday. As you can see, nine sectors rose on the day, while none fell.
Sector | % Change |
---|---|
Services | +1.0% |
Materials | +1.0% |
healthcare | +0.9% |
Financial | +0.9% |
Energy | +0.7% |
Consumer products | +0.6% |
Industrial | +0.6% |
Technology and communications | +0.5% |
Utilities | +0.4% |
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