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# Seven of the S&P 500's 11 sectors rose last week, and the index still fell 1.95%
- URL: https://www.sharespective.com/stories/seven-s-p-500s-11-sectors-2026-10-19/
- Published: 2026-10-18T21:15:02.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-19T19:29:54.000Z
- Description: Most of the American market had a decent week. Consumer staples, the companies selling groceries and toothpaste, rose 5.02%. Energy gained 4.86% and healthcare 3.45%.
- Author: Shaun Botha
- Tags: Markets, #story, #group-economy

Most of the American market had a decent week. Consumer staples, the companies selling groceries and toothpaste, rose 5.02%. Energy gained 4.86% and healthcare 3.45%.

**So how did the S&P 500 still fall?** Technology dropped 7.70% over the five sessions. The S&P 500 weights each company by its market value, and technology made up about 38% of the index at the end of August.

A 7.7% fall in something that big takes almost three points off the index on its own. The other ten sectors clawed back about one of them.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average tells the other half of the story. It holds just 30 companies, weighted by share price, and it rose 0.67% to 52,002.41 for the week.

Our view 

we'd call this a healthy rotation for the market, and a painful one for anyone whose savings track the index. With technology near two-fifths of the S&P 500, Meta's results on Wednesday matter to almost every index fund.

[ This story ran in The Great Rotation Monday 19 October’s edition, with the market snapshot, the other two stories, the numbers and the week ahead. Read the whole edition → ](https://www.sharespective.com/sharespective-2026-10-19/)