Performance 2018

S&P 500 Sectors & Industries

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April 20, 2018

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Table Of Contents Table Of Contents
S&P 500 Sectors Performance 1
S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary 2-3
S&P 500 Consumer Staples & Energy 4
S&P 500 Financials & Health Care 5
S&P 500 Industrials & Transportation 6
S&P 500 Information Technology & Materials 7
S&P 500 Telecommunication Services & Utilities 8

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 S&P 500 Sectors Performance
Figure 1.
15 15
S&P 500 SECTORS PERFORMANCE: 2018
(percent change ytd) S&P 500 Sectors
S&P 500 Index (-0.1)
Consumer Discretionary (4.4)
10 Consumer Staples (-11.8) 10
Energy (1.5)
Financials (-0.2)
Health Care (-0.7)
Industrials (-0.4)
Information Technology (4.4)
5 Materials (-2.6) 5
Real Estate (-8.5)
Telecom Services (-9.6)
Utilities (-4.6)

0 0

-5 -5

-10 -10

Latest data thru: 04/20/18 yardeni.com

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2018
Source: Standard & Poor’s.

Figure 2.
15 15
S&P SECTORS PERFORMANCE: APRIL 2018 MONTH-TO-DATE
(percent change from last trading day of March)

April 2018
S&P 500 Index (2.3)
Consumer Discretionary (3.0)
10 Consumer Staples (-3.2) 10
Energy (9.8)
Financials (2.3)
Health Care (2.0)
Industrials (2.8)
Information Technology (2.4)
Materials (4.8)
Real Estate (-2.2)
Telecom Services (-0.3)
5 Utilities (-0.1) 5

0 0

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1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 17 18 19 22 23 24 25 26 29 30
Source: Standard & Poor’s. April 2018 M-T-D

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 S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary
Figure 3.
25 25
S&P 500 CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY RETAIL SECTOR & INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE: 2018
(percent change)
20 Retail 20
Consumer Discretionary
Retail Composite (14.3)
Apparel Retail (-5.2)
Apparel Accessories &
15 Luxury Goods (6.5) 15
Casinos & Gaming (9.8)
Department Stores (9.3)
General Merchandise Stores (1.5)
10 Hypermarkets & 10
Super Centers (-6.2)
Specialty Stores (-7.5)

5 5

0 0

-5 -5

-10 -10

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2018
Source: Standard & Poor’s.

Figure 4.
20 20
S&P 500 HOUSING & AUTO RELATED INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE: 2018
(percent change)
15 15
Housing & Autos
Homebuilding (-15.0)
Household Appliances (-11.4)
10 Home Improvement Retail (-7.5) 10
Auto Parts & Equipment (2.2)
Automobile Manufacturing (-10.7)
Automotive Retail (-8.5)
5 Tires & Rubber (-16.4) 5

0 0

-5 -5

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2018
Source: Standard & Poor’s.

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 S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary
Figure 5.
20 20
S&P 500 CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY FUN-RELATED INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE: 2018
(percent change)
Consumer Discretionary
15 Fun Related 15
Casinos & Gaming (9.8)
Hotels, Resorts, & Cruise Lines (0.9)
Movies & Entertainment (-1.4)
Restaurants (-2.9)
10 10

5 5

0 0

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2018
Source: Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

Figure 6.
25 25
S&P 500 CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY MISC. INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE: 2018
(percent change)
20 20
Consumer Discretionary
Misc.
Publishing (-0.6)
15 Advertising (6.9) 15
Specialty Stores (-7.5)
Broadcasting (-9.2)
10 10

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2018
Source: Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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 S&P 500 Consumer Staples & Energy
Figure 7.
20 20
S&P 500 CONSUMER STAPLES SECTOR & INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE: 2018
(percent change)
15 Consumer Staples 15
Consumer Staples Sector (-11.8)
Brewers (-14.2)
Soft Drinks (-8.1)
Tobacco (-20.1)
10 Household Products (-17.6) 10
Personal Products (8.8)
Drug Retail (-11.0)

5 5

0 0

-5 -5

-10 -10

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2018
Source: Standard & Poor’s.

Figure 8.
25 25
S&P 500 ENERGY SECTOR & INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE: 2018
(percent change)
Energy
20 20
Energy Sector (1.5)
Oil & Gas Drilling (11.9)
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services (4.4)
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production (6.4)
15 Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation (-5.8) 15
Integrated Oil & Gas (-3.5)
Oil & Gas Refining &
Marketing (14.2)
10 10

5 5

0 0

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2018
Source: Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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Figure 9.
25 25
S&P 500 FINANCIALS SECTOR & INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE: 2018
(percent change)
20 20
Financials
Financials Sector (-0.2)
Asset Management & Custody Banks (-1.4)
15 Consumer Finance (-1.9) 15
Diversified Banks (-2.5)
Financial Exchanges & Data (9.4)
Insurance Brokers (4.3)
10 Investment Banking & Brokerage (3.6) 10
Regional Banks (3.2)
Reinsurance (11.6)

5 5

0 0

-5 -5

-10 -10

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-15 -15
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2018
Source: Standard & Poor’s.

Figure 10.
20 20
S&P 500 HEALTH CARE SECTOR & INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE: 2018
(percent change)
15 Health Care 15
Health Care Sector (-0.7)
Biotechnology (-6.3)
Health Care Equipment (7.2)
10 Health Care Services (-1.2) 10
Managed Health Care (3.1)
Pharmaceuticals (-4.4)

5 5

0 0

-5 -5

-10 -10

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2018
Source: Standard & Poor’s.

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Figure 11.
25 25
S&P 500 INDUSTRIALS SECTOR & INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE: 2018
(percent change)
20 20
Industrials
Industrials Sector (-0.4)
Aerospace & Defense (10.4)
15 Construction Machinery & 15
Heavy Trucks (-3.1)
Electrical Components &
Equipment (-3.0)
Industrial Conglomerates (-8.2)
10 Industrial Machinery (-4.6) 10

5 5

0 0

-5 -5

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2018
Source: Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

Figure 12.
15 15
S&P 500 TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE: 2018
(percent change)
Transportation
10 Transportation Composite (-2.2) 10
Airlines (-7.0)
Air Freight & Logistics (-4.4)
Railroads (2.0)
Trucking (4.0)
5 5

0 0

-5 -5

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2018
Source: Standard & Poor’s.

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Figure 13.
25 25
S&P 500 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR & INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE: 2018
(percent change)
20 20
Information Technology
Information Technology Sector (4.4)
Application Software (18.7)
15 Communications Equipment (14.4) 15
IT Consulting & Other Services (0.8)
Home Entertainment Software (8.7)
Semiconductor Equipment (0.7)
Semiconductors (3.2)
10 Systems Software (9.0) 10
Technology Hardware,
Storage & Peripherals (0.0)
5 5

0 0

-5 -5

-10 -10

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2018
Source: Standard & Poor’s.

Figure 14.
15 15
S&P 500 MATERIALS SECTOR & INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE: 2018
(percent change)

Materials
10 10
Materials Sector (-2.6)
Construction Materials (-11.2)
Copper (2.1)
Gold (10.2)
Industrial Gases (-0.8)
5 Steel (0.0) 5
Diversified Chemicals (-5.6)
Fertilizers & Agricultural
Chemicals (1.3)
Specialty Chemicals (-3.2)
0 0

-5 -5

-10 -10

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2018
Source: Standard & Poor’s.

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 S&P 500 Telecommunication Services & Utilities
Figure 15.
25 25
S&P 500 TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE: 2018
(percent change)
20 20
Telecommunication Services
Telecommunication Services (-9.6)
15 Alternative Carriers (5.6) 15
Integrated Telecommunication (-10.2)

10 10

5 5

0 0

-5 -5

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2018
Source: Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

Figure 16.
15 15
S&P 500 UTILITIES SECTOR & INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE: 2018
(percent change)
10 10

5 5

0 0

-5 -5
Utilities
Utilties Sector (-4.6)
Electric Utilities (-3.0)
-10 Independent Power Producers -10
& Energy Traders (8.5)
Multi-Utilities (-8.1)
-15 Water Utilities (-8.5) -15

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2018
Source: Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

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