Sectors
What Drives the Energy SectorEnergy marches to commodity prices more than the economic cycle. A look at how crude, refining margins, and interest rates each pull on the sector.
Oct 6, 2026, 10:22 AM ET
Sectors
Sector primers and performance overviews across the market.
Sector Performance
Thursday, Oct 15 session · data delayed
Health Care
▲ +1.86%XLV
Materials
▲ +1.79%XLB
Consumer Discretionary
▲ +1.71%XLY
Communication Services
▲ +1.46%XLC
Financials
▲ +1.38%XLF
Real Estate
▲ +1.21%XLRE
Consumer Staples
▲ +0.72%XLP
Industrials
▲ +0.51%XLI
Utilities
▼ -0.17%XLU
Technology
▼ -0.65%XLK
Energy
▼ -1.58%XLE
Daily performance of the SPDR sector ETFs, best to worst. Tint deepens with the size of the move.
Sectors
Cyclical vs. Defensive: How Sector Character Shapes a Portfolio's RideSome sectors amplify the economic cycle and some cushion it. The difference comes down to demand you can postpone and demand you can't.
Aug 18, 2026, 10:35 AM ET
Sectors
Sector Scoreboard: What's Led and Lagged in 2026 So FarA year-to-date ranking of all eleven GICS sectors against the S&P 500, and what the current leadership profile typically signals.
Jul 11, 2026
Sectors
The 11 Stock Market Sectors, ExplainedA field guide to the GICS sectors — what's in each one, what drives its performance, and the SPDR ETF that tracks it.
Jul 11, 2026