Why State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF moves
State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF fell.
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Why today
16,437 news analyzed todayState Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF fell.
Trading volume was well above its usual level, about twice a normal session.
Company news from the last session was mostly commentary about staples stocks rallying while technology sold off, but none of it is a specific event that would explain a drop.
Over the last five trading days the ETF rose slightly while the S&P 500 fell sharply, so the recent weeks were a rotation toward defensive stocks, which usually hold up better when investors turn cautious.
The latest close is near its highest level of the past year, so the session's decline came off a strong run.
Today's move of −1.28% was 1.7 times a normal day's 0.8%. S&P 500 moved +0.31% on the same day.
State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF −1.28%S&P 500 +0.31%Against the market
What the key figures say about State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF
The figures connect what State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF earns with what investors pay.
The line shows the share price in the same year, on its own scale.
Money paid to shareholders per share, summed by calendar year.
2017–2025: $1.49–$2.17.
The dividend explained
A dividend is money paid to shareholders. State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF paid $2.20 per share in the twelve months through November 6, 2026.
On the ex-dividend day, September 21, 2026, State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF traded without the right to the $0.54 dividend. The price went from $82.80 to $81.92; including the dividend, the day's change was −0.4%. Entitlement passes from the company to shareholders on the ex-day; payment comes later.
2017: $1.492018: $1.542019: $1.622020: $1.692021: $1.752022: $1.842023: $1.892024: $2.172025: $2.142026 so far: $1.57
$10,000 in State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF bought on November 7, 2016 is worth $22,500 today, with dividends reinvested.
The same amount in S&P 500 with dividends would have become $40,400.
What would $10,000 in State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF be worth today? →
What would $10,000 in State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF be worth today?
$22,500
with dividends reinvested, bought on November 7, 2016. The same amount in S&P 500 with dividends would have become $40,400.
The five biggest days of the journey
· −9.4% · the whole market fell 9.5% the same day
· +8.5% · the whole market rose 9.3% the same day
· +8.4% · the whole market rose 6.0% the same day
· −6.8% · the whole market fell 12.0% the same day
· −6.5% · the whole market fell 4.3% the same day
Earlier days
−0.75% market −4.41% State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF fell. Read →
State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF fell.
In the last session it fell clearly on trading well above its usual level, and it fell less than the S&P 500 did over the same days.
The move most likely reflects money moving in and out of consumer staples stocks, which investors often buy when they want safety during a weak market.
Earlier news from before the last session, including a late-October record and a shift from technology into staples, is the likely background to the recent strength.
+3.36% market +1.65% XLP rose as investors rotated into defensive stocks. Read →
XLP rose as investors rotated into defensive stocks.
Over the same day the S&P 500 rose sharply, so it moved more than the market.
The fund is a basket of consumer staples companies, so its rise reflects money moving toward defensive stocks, which hold up better when spending tightens.
Over the last five trading days it rose very sharply while the S&P 500 fell slightly.
−2.07% market +0.30% XLP fell as investors rotated out of staples. Read →
XLP fell as investors rotated out of staples.
XLP fell sharply in the last session, while the S&P 500 rose slightly, so it moved against the market.
The fall came as investors rotated out of defensive staples into a broader market rally.
Over the last five trading days, XLP rose clearly while the S&P 500 fell clearly.
The move was very big for this fund, about three times a normal day, and trading volume was about twice its usual level.
+1.58% market −0.48% State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF rose. Read →
State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF rose.
Trading volume was well above its usual level, and the move was big: rare for this fund, with moves that size happening about 11 times in the past year.
Over the last five trading days XLP rose sharply, and it hit its highest close of the past year.
Likely drivers include investors moving money into everyday-goods companies such as Walmart and Costco as a defensive shelter, and households spending a larger share of income on housing and food.
+1.41% market −1.77% State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF rose without company news. Read →
State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF rose without company news.
The ETF is a fund holding consumer staples stocks, the everyday goods companies such as food and household products.
Over the same day the S&P 500, the broad US stock index, fell sharply, so the fund moved clearly apart from the market.
Trading volume was well above its usual level, about twice a normal session.
Over the last five trading days the fund rose slightly while the S&P 500 fell slightly.
+1.54% market −0.38% Staples ETF rose sharply without a company-news explanation. Read →
Staples ETF rose sharply without a company-news explanation.
State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF on NYSE Arca rose sharply in the last session, while the S&P 500 fell slightly, so it moved against the market.
No news about the fund from that session explains the move.
Its trading volume was around its usual level.
Over the last five trading days, the fund fell clearly, while the S&P 500 rose slightly.
−1.92% market −0.52% State Street Consumer Staples ETF fell sharply; no company news explains it. Read →
State Street Consumer Staples ETF fell sharply; no company news explains it.
Over the same day the S&P 500 fell clearly, so the fund fell more than the broad market.
No news from that session explains the drop, which suggests broad selling in consumer staples, the defensive sectors investors hold when markets worry.
Over the last five trading days the fund rose slightly while the S&P 500 fell slightly.