11/29/2008

Weekend Sector Scan

Over the past 6-7 weeks, the Energies, Utilities and Staples have done the best job of ’stabilizing’:

 


 

The rest of the sectors have been slipping a bit more than those, with the Financials getting the biggest bounce this week:

 

 

The numbers as we close out the month of November:

 

Sector Symbol 8 Week % Chg. 4 Week % Chg. 1 Week % Chg. YTD % Chg.
Utilities XLU -6.2 +4.2 +4.5 -28.8
Consumer Staples XLP -11.6 -0.2 +4.7 -16.4
Energy XLE -13.3 -2.2 +13.2 -36.6
Health Care XLV -16.0 -6.3 +5.6 -29.4
Industrials XLI -16.9 -8.2 +12.2 -41.0
Technology XLK -18.1 -8.4 +9.8 -42.8
Consumer Discretionary XLY -21.0 -10.8 +17.4 -37.3
Basic Materials XLB -23.3 -10.7 +15.2 -44.5
Financials XLF -32.6 -18.5 +30.8 -56.2

 

Charts courtesy of StockCharts.com

Posted: 9:02 am

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