Crude and cable crack; semis and machinery lead
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_Trailing 5-session returns, as of close 2026-06-22._
- Energy (XLE) −5.39%, US–Iran peace framework reopens Hormuz, bleeds the war premium out of crude (Brent ~$78); services cut deepest. Top: SLB −14.7%.
- Technology (XLK) +4.10%, Split tape: AI-chip bid lifts the index while software/IT-services crater on the Accenture blow-up. Top: AMD +7.8%.
- Comm Services (XLC) −4.04%, Cable-and-streaming wreck on structural broadband bleed; Disney the lone gainer. Top: CHTR −13.9%.
- Consumer Staples (XLP) −3.58%, Textbook risk-on casualty; bond-proxy defensives sold hard, no tracked name green. Top: PM −6.0%.
- Industrials (XLI) +3.44%, Data-center and electrification capex trade keeps paying. Top: CAT +12.3%.
- Real Estate (XLRE) −2.10%, Bifurcation: data-center REITs bid on AI leasing, yield-sensitive towers/net-lease sold. Top: DLR +6.9%.
- Health Care (XLV) −2.01%, Bond-proxy de-risking; large-cap pharma led down, only two tracked names barely green. Top: PFE −4.3%.
- Consumer Discretionary (XLY) −1.23%, Modest drop; travel held, defensive/value corners sat the rally out. Top: BKNG +1.7%.
- Utilities (XLU) +1.07%, Two-track: AI-power trade did all the lifting, regulated names drifted flat-to-down. Top: CEG +8.6%.
- Financials (XLF) +1.03%, Risk-on plus rate relief; capital-markets houses did the work. Top: MS +6.1%.
- Materials (XLB) −0.70%, Nearly flat, wide split: ag/specialty/gold firmed, chemicals and steel got hit. Top: DOW −9.0%.
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