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BREAKING: 84% of S&P 500 stocks are now trading at least -10% below their all-time highs. Real Estate leads the drawdown, with 97% of stocks down at least -10%, followed by Materials at 96%, Utilities at 94%, and Consumer Discretionary at 92%. By comparison, Energy has held up
01 THE MACHINE READ
WHY IT MATTERS.
Broad drawdowns across most S&P 500 names signal weak breadth, a caution for index-level momentum.
Weak market breadth flags fragile index momentum
Earnings season breadth and sector rotation
Index can still rise on narrow leadership
FULL DISPATCH
BREAKING: 84% of S&P 500 stocks are now trading at least -10% below their all-time highs. Real Estate leads the drawdown, with 97% of stocks down at least -10%, followed by Materials at 96%, Utilities at 94%, and Consumer Discretionary at 92%. By comparison, Energy has held up relatively better, with 62% of stocks more than -10% below their all-time highs, followed by Healthcare at 70% and Information Technology at 72%. Furthermore, 59% of S&P 500 stocks are down at least -20% from their highs, 41% are down more than -30%, and 17% are down more than -50%. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 is just 0.2% from its all-time high set on Tuesday. A few names are carrying the entire stock market.
02 THE STORY SO FAR
THE RECORD, IN ORDER.
STANDALONE ITEM — NOT YET FOLDED INTO A DEVELOPING STORY.
03 WHO'S INVOLVED
ENTITIES ON FILE.
04 RECEIPTS
THE SOURCE RECORD.
1 SOURCES CONFIRMED05 PROPAGATION
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