State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) News
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ETFs Rise, Equity Futures Mixed Before Tuesday’s Open
Exchange-traded funds were higher while equity futures were mixed before the open as investors assessed corporate earnings.
EQUITY | Oct 27, 2026, 01:14 PM UTC
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S&P 500 Futures Fall After Hot CPI Report Lifts Yields
U.S. stock futures moved into negative territory after a mostly hotter-than-expected inflation report raised expectations for future Federal Reserve tightening.
EQUITY | Oct 14, 2026, 01:10 PM UTC
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Ray Dalio Says the AI Bubble Is Close to Bursting. A Strategist Says Zombie Companies Are the Real Risk
Ray Dalio and Jordi Visser agree that markets have a bubble. They disagree on where it is. Last week, Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates, described artificial intelligence as a classic bubble. "I think we’re cl
LIVE | Oct 12, 2026, 01:03 PM UTC
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Heating Oil Hits $6 A Gallon As Global Supply Shocks Threaten Consumer Spending
Millions of American households will pay a steep premium just to stay warm. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, per CNBC, retail heating oil will average $5.26 a gallon this winter, up 34% from a yea
LIVE | Oct 09, 2026, 06:27 PM UTC
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EXCLUSIVE: Think 5% Treasury Yields Are Scary? This CEO Says 8% Is Coming
Canary Capital CEO Steven McClurg expects 10-year U.S. Treasury yields to climb to 8% within four years, warning that mounting government borrowing could prolong the bond bear market. His outlook points to a potential sh
LIVE | Oct 09, 2026, 12:44 PM UTC
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Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Slips as Oil Spikes 5%, 10-Year Yields Near 5.35%
U.S. stocks slipped by midday Thursday as oil surged more than 5% on fresh Persian Gulf tanker attacks, while Treasury yields climbed back toward their highest levels since 2002 and the Federal Reserve’s hawkish minutes
LIVE | Oct 08, 2026, 05:25 PM UTC
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Global Oil Stockpiles Hit ‘Scarily Thin’ Deadzone: 3 US Plays Shielded From Hormuz
Global oil stockpiles have become "scarily thin," Saudi Aramco Chief Executive Officer Amin Nasser said Monday at the Energy Intelligence Forum in London. When the U.S.-Iran war began, the world held about 10 billion bar
LIVE | Oct 06, 2026, 12:23 PM UTC
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More Oil, No Relief: Why Hormuz’s Supply Rebound Won’t Lower Prices
Persian Gulf crude exports have recovered to about 80% of pre-war levels, but oil remains stuck near $100 a barrel. Yet, getting volume through the Strait of Hormuz has not brought back cheap supply, as last week’s Brent
LIVE | Oct 05, 2026, 09:59 AM UTC
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Oil Near $100 Should Lift Energy. Instead XLE ETF Is Falling — Here's Why
Oil prices above $100 a barrel and Treasury yields near multi-year highs would ordinarily create a favorable backdrop for energy stocks and a challenging one for technology. Yet Tuesday’s ETF market is telling a more com
LIVE | Sep 29, 2026, 04:04 PM UTC
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$700 Billion S&P 500 Sell-Off Meets $100 Oil: Are Investors Rotating Into Value ETFs?
Monday’s sell-off is testing whether investors are simply de-risking or beginning to rotate within the S&P 500 as higher Treasury yields and surging oil prices reshape the macro backdrop. The Nasdaq 100 fell 1.6% intrada
LIVE | Sep 28, 2026, 05:47 PM UTC
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BofA clients return to stocks, with mid-caps in demand
BOFA CLIENTS RETURN TO STOCKS, WITH MID-CAPS IN DEMANDBofA clients returned to the buy side last week after slashing equity exposure the week before. Even with the S&P 500 CBOE:SPX edging down about 0.1%, clients were ne
NEWS | Sep 23, 2026, 04:15 PM UTC
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The Fed Is Watching AI Inflation. Here's What ETF Investors Should Watch
ETF investors have an unusual second-order trade due to exorbitant AI spending. Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee warned Monday that a surge in AI investment is pushing aggregate demand beyond what the U.S. economy c
LIVE | Sep 21, 2026, 03:54 PM UTC
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Trump To Address UN As Europe’s Energy Prices Jump On Saudi Oil Export Disruptions
U.S. President Donald Trump’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) speech next week will land amid a Middle East war that is driving global energy prices higher in Europe and at home. The uncertainty is also testing an
LIVE | Sep 19, 2026, 02:56 PM UTC
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$105 Oil Is Quietly Engineering Its Own Demise
Seven months into the Iran war, crude has once again touched above $105 a barrel, just weeks after trading as low as $68. Refined-product markets have tightened systemically, forcing commodity desks to abandon the models
LIVE | Sep 18, 2026, 09:56 AM UTC
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Fed Rate Hike Is Back: 4 ETFs That Could Benefit From Higher Rates, Sticky Inflation
The Federal Reserve has resumed raising interest rates, lifting its benchmark rate by 25 basis points to 3.75%-4% on Wednesday, its first hike since July 2023. More importantly for markets, Fed officials now see another
LIVE | Sep 16, 2026, 07:49 PM UTC
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Stocks Sink, 10-Year Yield Reclaims 5% as Warsh Delivers His Hawkish Show
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh spent his first post-hike press conference reiterating the Fed’s battle against inflation, and stocks gave back the entire session’s advance while he did it. “Today’s action starts to sh
LIVE | Sep 16, 2026, 07:34 PM UTC
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Shell Stock Hits 52-Week High - Here's Why
Shell PLC (NYSE: SHEL ) stock hit a new 52-week high Tuesday as crude oil prices surged on supply disruptions in the Middle East. The Nasdaq fell 0.61%, while the S&P 500 dropped 0.53%. Meanwhile, the Energy Select Secto
LIVE | Sep 15, 2026, 06:33 PM UTC
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Oil Crisis Worsens, Diesel Hits Record High: Here's How to Trade It
Oil prices rose nearly 5% Tuesday as concerns over supply disruptions lingered after attacks on Saudi Arabian energy infrastructure left the kingdom’s East-West pipeline offline and cast doubt on efforts to ease shipping
LIVE | Sep 15, 2026, 06:07 PM UTC
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Weekly ETFs: Eight of 11 sectors record outflows; the financial sector leads inflows
The world's largest exchange-traded fund, SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust AMEX:SPY, saw inflows of $4.51B for the week ended September 11, while its price performance slashed by 0.22% during the period.iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF N
CRYPTO | Sep 15, 2026, 04:31 PM UTC
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Energy shortages trigger new round of global market volatility - Nomura
Global interest rates NASDAQ:BNDW and cross-asset markets are waking up to an "energy / petrochem shock 2.0" as crude shortages become increasingly "terminal," according to Nomura strategist Charlie McElligott. Once agai
COMMODITIES | Sep 15, 2026, 03:31 PM UTC
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Peter Schiff: Don’t Buy the Fed’s Tough Talk on Tight Money
The Fed’s rate hike tomorrow is all but a done deal, but economist Peter Schiff sees it as mostly policy smoke and mirrors. The central bank is talking tough while its balance sheet grows, and the Treasury is quietly wor
LIVE | Sep 15, 2026, 10:34 AM UTC
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The Fed Hikes This Week: Stocks Have a 30-Year Playbook for This Moment
The Federal Reserve is ready to raise interest rates again, with markets assigning a 90% chance of a 25-basis-point hike on Wednesday. This will mark the first increase in the federal funds rate since 2023. A new tighten
LIVE | Sep 14, 2026, 07:29 PM UTC
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Energy Stocks Surge Past Tech Companies Amid Escalating US-Iran Conflict
Energy stocks are beating technology names this year, making energy the best-performing sector on Wall Street. That is happening even as the ongoing AI boom continues to drive strong gains across the US economy. The S&P
LIVE | Sep 13, 2026, 09:24 PM UTC
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Saudi shuts pipeline that was vital Hormuz bypass as new front opens in Middle East war
Saudi Arabia said Friday it has shut the crucial East-West pipeline that had allowed it to continue exporting crude oil after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, saying it was attacked multiple times by drones fired by mil
COMMODITIES | Sep 11, 2026, 11:51 PM UTC
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S&P 500 posts weekly losses amid oil, rate concerns
Wall Street rallied on Friday after the latest consumer inflation report came in broadly in line with expectations, helping ease concerns over price pressures and supporting a rebound across risk assets.On Friday, the Do
CENTRAL_BANK | Sep 11, 2026, 08:21 PM UTC
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Brent crude crosses $100 a barrel again
The article says Brent crude has again moved above $100 after the latest military action. It also cites renewed concerns over Gulf supply, strategic reserve drawdowns and rerouted flows.
EARNINGS | Sep 10, 2026, 10:45 AM UTC
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Oil, defense ETFs in focus as U.S.-Iran tensions lift crude
The worst U.S.-Iran exchange of fire since July is lifting crude and drawing attention to energy and defense ETFs, while airline funds face pressure. October WTI rose 0.48% to about $89, a six-week high.
EARNINGS | Sep 02, 2026, 05:52 PM UTC
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Rising oil prices and Treasury yields pressure 60/40 portfolios
Rising oil prices and Treasury yields are pressuring traditional 60/40 portfolios, with U.S. crude at $90.75 and the 10-year Treasury yield near 4.77%.
RATES | Sep 01, 2026, 08:42 PM UTC
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Iran sanctions send oil lower as war-risk fades
Oil falls to a one-week low after Washington unveils its most sweeping sanctions campaign against Iran on record, while traders price lower odds of renewed conflict.
ENERGY | Aug 25, 2026, 12:20 PM UTC
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US sanctions campaign against Iran pressures oil, energy ETFs
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a new campaign targeting financial networks, companies and countries that help Iran generate revenue and bypass sanctions, and the news coincided with declines in USO and X
EARNINGS | Aug 24, 2026, 06:40 PM UTC
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Ontario premier Ford calls for restricting shipments to U.S.
Ontario Premier Ford says energy, potash and electricity shipments to the U.S. need to be restricted, with no catalyst supplied in the alert.
GEOPOLITICS | Aug 24, 2026, 04:46 PM UTC
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Houthis say they attacked vessel off Saudi Arabia's Yanbu
Yemen's Houthis say they attacked a vessel off Saudi Arabia's Yanbu, while Saudi confirmation has not been reported.
GEOPOLITICS | Aug 24, 2026, 01:51 PM UTC
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Utilities ETF XLU falls 1.75% as sectors diverge
XLU Utilities falls 1.75% as the worst performer in the S&P, while XLE Energy and XLRE REITs post modest losses and all other sectors are up.
EQUITY | Aug 21, 2026, 06:47 PM UTC
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S&P sector ETFs led by Materials, Health Care and Consumer Discretionary
S&P sector ETFs show Materials, Health Care and Consumer Discretionary as the top gainers, while Real Estate, Energy and Utilities lag with 8 sectors rising and 3 falling.
EQUITY | Aug 21, 2026, 05:38 PM UTC
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S&P sector ETFs mixed; Real Estate, Energy lead gains
S&P sector ETFs are mixed, with Real Estate (+0.54%), Energy (+0.27%) and Materials (+0.04%) outperforming while Consumer Staples (-1.20%), Health Care (-1.50%) and Consumer Discretionary (-1.63%) lag.
EQUITY | Aug 20, 2026, 07:24 PM UTC
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Oil tops $85 as Hormuz disruption lifts energy ETFs
U.S. crude rises above $85 a barrel as Strait of Hormuz disruption keeps oil logistics under strain, with USO, XOP and OIH each in the green year to date.
ENERGY | Aug 18, 2026, 06:10 PM UTC
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Iran says Hormuz Strait will remain closed until US meets interim deal conditions
State media quotes Iran's top negotiator Qalibaf saying the Hormuz Strait will remain closed until the US meets interim deal conditions.
GEOPOLITICS | Aug 18, 2026, 08:36 AM UTC
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Wells Fargo lifts global energy sector to neutral
Wells Fargo Investment Institute raises its view on the global energy sector to neutral from unfavorable.
EQUITY | Aug 17, 2026, 01:29 PM UTC
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U.S. stocks end week higher as inflation eases Fed hike fears
U.S. stocks post modest weekly gains, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite advancing, the Russell 2000 hitting an all-time high, and softer inflation data reducing bets on another Fed rate hike.
EARNINGS | Aug 15, 2026, 12:01 PM UTC
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Iran keeps Strait of Hormuz blocked as standoff deepens
Iran says the Strait of Hormuz will remain blocked until Washington accepts its conditions, with formal peace talks stalled and no crude shipments detected Friday, according to Kpler.
GEOPOLITICS | Aug 15, 2026, 09:50 AM UTC
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U.S. data weakens as yields rise and stocks split
U.S. retail sales fell 0.6% in July versus expectations for a 0.1% gain, consumer sentiment dropped to 51, and Treasury yields climbed as small caps held up while tech lagged.
EARNINGS | Aug 14, 2026, 05:22 PM UTC
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Phillips 66, Kinder Morgan, HF Sinclair Approve $5B Pipeline Project
Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX ) shares are trading higher by about 3% on Tuesday. The company, along with Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI ) and HF Sinclair (NYSE: DINO ), disclosed a final investment decision for Western Gateway. The
RATES | Aug 11, 2026, 05:24 PM UTC
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The Energy Sector's Fate Hinges On One Number
Oil’s second-half outlook may come down to a single number — $70 a barrel for West Texas Intermediate. If the price holds above it, producers can argue that geopolitical risk and consumption support investment. Break bel
EARNINGS | Aug 04, 2026, 11:08 AM UTC
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XLE CVX XOM Trump: oil companies making too much money Trump: I don't like it - Chevron, Exxon made too much money
XLE CVX XOM Trump: oil companies making too much money Trump: I don't like it - Chevron, Exxon made too much money
ENERGY | Aug 03, 2026, 06:17 PM UTC
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S&P Sector ETFs: Communications +2.50%
S&P sector ETFs show mixed performance
EQUITY | Aug 03, 2026, 02:41 PM UTC
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Citi: Power Growth Discounted Post Sell-Off
Citi assesses power growth discount post sell-off
EQUITY | Aug 03, 2026, 10:51 AM UTC
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S&P Sector ETFs: Energy Leads Gainers
Energy leads S&P sector ETF gainers
EQUITY | Jul 29, 2026, 03:04 PM UTC
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EIA Reports Gasoline Inventories
EIA releases gasoline inventory data
ENERGY | Jul 29, 2026, 02:30 PM UTC
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NYSE market breadth roughly 2:1 advancers leading decliners as the broad weakness in XLK tech and XLE Energy weigh on broader averages
NYSE market breadth roughly 2:1 advancers leading decliners as the broad weakness in XLK tech and XLE Energy weigh on broader averages
EQUITY | Jul 28, 2026, 05:47 PM UTC
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XLP XLV XLB XLE XLI XLK Consumer Staples (+3.62%), Health Care (+2.57%) and Materials (+2.04%) are outperformers among S&P sector ETFs, whil
XLP XLV XLB XLE XLI XLK Consumer Staples (+3.62%), Health Care (+2.57%) and Materials (+2.04%) are outperformers among S&P sector ETFs, while Energy (-0.03%), Industrials (-0.69%) and Technology (-2.59%) pace the underpe
EQUITY | Jul 28, 2026, 02:57 PM UTC
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XLC XLP XLY XLU XLE XLK Communications (+1.84%), Consumer Staples (+1.41%) and Consumer Discretionary (+1.02%) are outperformers among S&P s
XLC XLP XLY XLU XLE XLK Communications (+1.84%), Consumer Staples (+1.41%) and Consumer Discretionary (+1.02%) are outperformers among S&P sector ETFs, while Utilities (-0.90%), Energy (-1.21%) and Technology (-1.81%) pa
RATES | Jul 27, 2026, 03:57 PM UTC
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Baker Hughes CEO Says Energy Security, AI Demand Are Fueling Growth
Baker Hughes Company (NASDAQ: BKR ) stock rose in premarket trading Monday after the oilfield services company reported second-quarter results that topped Wall Street expectations. The company reported adjusted earnings
EARNINGS | Jul 27, 2026, 10:48 AM UTC
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Trump Is Playing Chicken With the Country That Fuels Half of America — During a Global Energy Crisis
President Donald Trump’s decision to impose 50% tariffs on roughly $20 billion of Canadian goods is escalating a trade confrontation at precisely the wrong moment for U.S. energy security. The measures target products in
ENERGY | Jul 27, 2026, 09:25 AM UTC
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XLRE XLE XLC XLY XLF XLK Real Estate (+2.16%), Energy (+0.99%) and Communications (+0.76%) are outperformers among S&P sector ETFs, while Co
XLRE XLE XLC XLY XLF XLK Real Estate (+2.16%), Energy (+0.99%) and Communications (+0.76%) are outperformers among S&P sector ETFs, while Consumer Discretionary (+0.15%), Financials (+0.04%) and Technology (-1.07%) pace
RATES | Jul 24, 2026, 02:06 PM UTC
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Oil Hits $100: Three Market Signals Investors Should Watch
Brent crude oil prices topped $100 per barrel on Thursday morning, extending gains for a fifth consecutive session as escalating tensions in the Middle East fueled fears of supply disruptions. The move has already trigge
CENTRAL_BANK | Jul 23, 2026, 03:26 PM UTC
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XLI XLE XLV XLP XLC XLY Industrials (+1.85%), Energy (+1.66%) and Health Care (+1.12%) are outperformers among S&P sector ETFs, while Consum
XLI XLE XLV XLP XLC XLY Industrials (+1.85%), Energy (+1.66%) and Health Care (+1.12%) are outperformers among S&P sector ETFs, while Consumer Staples (-1.23%), Communications (-2.94%) and Consumer Discretionary (-4.66%)
RATES | Jul 23, 2026, 02:51 PM UTC
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XLU XLE XLB XLF XLK XLY Utilities (+1.87%), Energy (+1.68%) and Materials (+1.21%) are outperformers among S&P sector ETFs, while Financials
XLU XLE XLB XLF XLK XLY Utilities (+1.87%), Energy (+1.68%) and Materials (+1.21%) are outperformers among S&P sector ETFs, while Financials (-0.19%), Technology (-0.53%) and Consumer Discretionary (-0.55%) pace the unde
RATES | Jul 22, 2026, 02:55 PM UTC
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XLE nhc notes tropical storm bertha about 60 mi (100 km) south of pascagoula Mississippi; maximum sustained winds 50 mph (85 km/h) Nhc notes
XLE nhc notes tropical storm bertha about 60 mi (100 km) south of pascagoula Mississippi; maximum sustained winds 50 mph (85 km/h) Nhc notes tropical storm watches continued westward along the Extreme southwestern Louisi
RATES | Jul 22, 2026, 11:46 AM UTC
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XLK XLE XLC XLV XLF XLB Technology (+0.84%), Energy (+0.68%) and Communications (+0.45%) are outperformers among S&P sector ETFs, while Heal
XLK XLE XLC XLV XLF XLB Technology (+0.84%), Energy (+0.68%) and Communications (+0.45%) are outperformers among S&P sector ETFs, while Health Care (-0.40%), Financials (-0.45%) and Materials (-0.51%) pace the underperfo
RATES | Jul 20, 2026, 02:40 PM UTC
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SPY QQQ XLE AI shakeout allowing excesses to recede @ OPCO
SPY QQQ XLE AI shakeout allowing excesses to recede @ OPCO
EQUITY | Jul 20, 2026, 12:59 PM UTC