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NYSE · XLB
Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund
Financial Services · Asset Management
$50.92
Up+$0.36 (+0.71%)
Updated Oct 18, 2026, 10:05 PM
SID Score
6.5/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
54/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 5.17B
- P/E ratio
- —
- Dividend yield
- 3.37%
- 52-week range
- $42.04 – $54.19
- Volume
- 12.55M
- Avg. volume
- 13.42M
Price performance · XLB
XLB price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 16, 2026
XLB closed at $50.92 after 20 trading sessions, up 2.43% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $50.92
- Period change
- +2.43%
- Period low
- $48.54
- Period high
- $50.92
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | $50.89 | $51.51 | $50.615 | $50.92 | 12.55M |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $50.17 | $50.70 | $49.90 | $50.56 | 14.86M |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $49.43 | $49.73 | $49.23 | $49.67 | 8.9M |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $49.70 | $49.915 | $49.345 | $49.72 | 7.9M |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $49.24 | $49.7601 | $49.16 | $49.44 | 5.8M |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $49.45 | $49.645 | $49.17 | $49.43 | 7.07M |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $48.81 | $49.28 | $48.70 | $49.27 | 13.69M |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $49.30 | $49.41 | $48.87 | $48.98 | 9.8M |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $49.55 | $49.965 | $49.445 | $49.73 | 12.92M |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $48.83 | $49.765 | $48.51 | $49.50 | 13.54M |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $48.83 | $49.36 | $48.80 | $48.86 | 13.94M |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $48.34 | $48.635 | $47.81 | $48.54 | 25.57M |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $49.29 | $49.43 | $48.69 | $48.70 | 11.24M |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $49.388 | $49.55 | $48.905 | $49.10 | 12.12M |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $49.295 | $49.735 | $48.94 | $49.47 | 10.94M |
| Sep 25, 2026 | $49.78 | $49.96 | $49.45 | $49.80 | 10.01M |
| Sep 24, 2026 | $50.14 | $50.23 | $49.57 | $49.68 | 12.87M |
| Sep 23, 2026 | $50.25 | $50.54 | $50.04 | $50.28 | 10.47M |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $50.07 | $50.635 | $49.91 | $50.53 | 10.41M |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $50.13 | $50.18 | $49.655 | $49.71 | 10.59M |
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In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes securities of companies from the following industries: chemicals; metals and mining; paper and forest products; containers and packaging; and construction materials. The fund is non-diversified.
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Yahoo · Oct 16, 2026
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SeekingAlpha · Oct 16, 2026
An AI Selloff Could Be The Best Thing To Happen To Copper Stocks
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Benzinga · Oct 16, 2026
Nasdaq 100 Slides As Micron, SanDisk, CoreWeave Sink: Stock Market Today
The Nasdaq 100 fell 1.5% at midday Friday as memory chips and AI-debt names sold off, while Fed Chair Warsh declined to rule out an October hike after hot CPI and PPI. WTI held near $96, the 10-year yield hovered around 5.1%, gold bounced toward $4,200 and bitcoin traded near $81,300.
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