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XBISPDR

SPDR S&P Biotech ETF

$165.73+1.44% today
8917052-WK

In seeking to track the performance of the S&P Biotechnology Select Industry Index (the "index"), the fund employs a sampling strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 80%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index represents the biotechnology segment of the S&P Total Market Index ("S&P TMI").

Price & daily flows
164.7158.3151.9165.73DAILY NET FLOWJul 24Aug 4Aug 12Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN · NET +$351M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$351M of net buying over the past month, about 3.1% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +36.4% so far this year. At 0.35% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IWM runs the same ground at 0.19%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$11.4Bassets under management
0.35%expense ratio · $35 per $10,000 a year
+$351Mnet flow, trailing month
8.3Mavg daily volume, 30 days
135holdings · US-domiciled
2006listed January 30, 2006 · beta 1.02
The book at a glance
MRNA+8.9%TWST+6.8%ORKA+3.0%APGE+0.0%PRAX+3.1%HALO+1.9%NTRA+2.2%KYMR-1.4%PTGX+2.4%DNTH+1.5%CGON+2.8%RVMD-1.1%SYRE-1.2%TVTX+1.9%REGN+0.9%PCVX+2.1%INSM+0.6%SLS+15.4%ERAS+3.2%AMGN+1.3%RYTM+1.0%SRRK+2.3%ROIV-1.5%VRTX+1.4%ARWR-0.4%RLAY-1.3%VKTX-1.4%INCY+0.5%BBIO-1.7%IOVACRSP+2.4%GILD+1.9%BMRN-1.4%ACAD+1.6%ABBV+1.2%COGT+4.0%QURE-1.1%TGTX+7.3%IMVT+0.0%CYTK-0.4%

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1MRNAMODERNA1.41%$145.13+8.9%
2TWSTTWIST BIOSCIENCE1.40%$145.59+6.8%
3ORKAOruka Therapeutics1.37%$107.96+3.0%
4APGEAPOGEE THERAPEUTICS1.48%$134.75+0.0%
5PRAXPRAXIS PRECISION MEDICINES1.29%$375.94+3.1%
6HALOHALOZYME THERAPEUTICS1.03%$108.17+1.9%
7NTRANATERA1.16%$332.03+2.2%
8KYMRKYMERA THERAPEUTICS1.35%$119.80-1.4%
9PTGXPROTAGONIST THERAPEUTICS1.07%$154.32+2.4%
10DNTHMAGENTA THERAPEUTICS INC1.18%$111.10+1.5%
11CGONCG ONCOLOGY INC1.20%$79.81+2.8%
12RVMDREVOLUTION MEDICINES1.20%$209.46-1.1%
13SYRESPYRE THERAPEUTICS INC1.09%$106.49-1.2%
14TVTXTRAVERE THERAPEUTICS1.12%$65.71+1.9%
15REGNREGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS0.96%$834.04+0.9%

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Sector weights
Healthcare100%
Health Technology99.1%
Health Services0.86%
Other0.07%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States97.18%
United Kingdom1.29%
Switzerland1.25%
Bermuda0.34%
Ireland0.27%
Netherlands0.23%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+3.9%
1 month+10.1%
3 months+25.9%
6 months+30.8%
YTD+36.4%
1 year+82.3%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$331M
1 month+$351M
3 months+$953M
YTD+$655M
1 year+$1.8B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
33%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
28%realized volatility, 1 year
-10.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.3%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 1.5% of the book; the top ten carry 13%. Spread across 151+ names, it behaves like roughly 110 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
19Kcalls today
14Kputs today
0.76put/call ratio
9.8Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MRNA MODERNA$178M$164M
SLS SELLAS LIFE SCIENCES GROUP$16M$10M
AMGN AMGEN$6M$5M
PURR Hyperliquid Strategies$5M$4M
ABBV ABBVIE$5M$5M

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