Growth And Cyclical Lead Sectors Tuesday

Four sectors are higher and six are lower among those with available change data in Tuesday’s regular session, with growth and cyclical sectors splitting the top of the table. The leaders are separated rather than clustered, with no single gap clearly standing apart from the other breaks across the table.

Sector	Ticker	Price	Change
Technology	XLK	177.02	+1.60%
Industrials	XLI	172.29	+1.52%
Communication Services	XLC	101.38	+1.11%
Health Care	XLV	185.38	+0.42%
Utilities	XLU	43.67
Real Estate	XLRE	43.63	-0.03%
Financials	XLF	57.37	-0.34%
Energy	XLE	66.92	-0.50%
Consumer Discretionary	XLY	117.35	-0.69%
Materials	XLB	52.84	-1.54%
Consumer Staples	XLP	89.39	-1.58%

Prices as of 11:00 a.m. ET; quotes delayed 15 minutes.

Market Snapshot

The major averages are higher overall. The State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) is up 0.55% and the Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (NASDAQ:QQQ) 1.04%, while the iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund (NYSE:IWM) is up 0.93%; the State Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (NYSE:DIA) is down 0.19%. Three of the 11 sectors outpace the S&P 500.

Leading Sectors

Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLK) +1.60%

Among the sector’s large-cap names, Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL) is up 6.05%, Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) 3.75% and NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) 2.89%.

Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLI) +1.52%

Among the sector’s large-cap names, Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) is up 2.33%, GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) 2.14% and RTX Corp (NYSE:RTX) 1.22%.

Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLC) +1.11%

Among the sector’s large-cap names, Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) is up 2.44%, Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) 0.24% and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) 0.17%.

Middle Of The Pack

• Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLV) +0.42%
• Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLRE) -0.03%
• Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLF) -0.34%
• Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLE) -0.50%
• Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLY) -0.69%
• Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLU)

Lagging Sectors

Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLB) -1.54%

Among the sector’s large-cap names, Sherwin-Williams Co (NYSE:SHW) is down 2.14%, Newmont Corp (NYSE:NEM) 1.05% and Ecolab Inc (NYSE:ECL) 0.93%.

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLP) -1.58%

Among the sector’s large-cap names, Walmart Inc (NASDAQ:WMT) is down 1.73%, Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ:COST) 1.72% and PepsiCo Inc (NASDAQ:PEP) 1.42%.

Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLY) -0.69%

Among the sector’s large-cap names, The Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) is down 2.01%, Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) 1.92% and McDonald’s Corp (NYSE:MCD) 1.06%.

Cross-Sector Takeaway

The 3.18-point spread between Technology and Consumer Staples is nearly three times the largest move among the major averages, which range from down 0.19% to up 1.04%. The major averages are higher overall, masking a session where leadership is concentrated in Technology, Industrials and Communication Services. Defensives are split, with Health Care near the top of the table and Consumer Staples near the bottom.

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