S&P 500 market breadth
Trading session ·
On 2026-09-23, the S&P 500 Breadth Score was 213.15 out of 1100 (Extreme Weakness), equivalent to 19.38% sector-balanced Breadth Percent. Each of the 11 GICS sectors has equal weight.
Primary market state
Breadth Score
213.15/ 1100
Equivalent to 19.38% Sector Balanced Breadth.
Extreme Weakness
Broad participation is extremely weak across the S&P 500.
Market-state scale
Sector Balanced Breadth on a 0–1100 scale: 60% becomes 660 points. The same measure, expressed as a score.
How is the score calculated?
Find the share of eligible stocks above their 20-session moving average in each sector, then add the 11 sector percentages to get the Breadth Score. Every sector has equal weight. Divide the score by 11 to get Breadth Percent, also called Sector Balanced Breadth.
Across the index
Sector participation
Communication Services
17.39%
Extreme Weakness
4 of 23 eligible securities above SMA20
Consumer Discretionary
21.28%
Weak
10 of 47 eligible securities above SMA20
Consumer Staples
9.09%
Extreme Weakness
3 of 33 eligible securities above SMA20
Energy
0.00%
Extreme Weakness
0 of 21 eligible securities above SMA20
Financials
5.26%
Extreme Weakness
4 of 76 eligible securities above SMA20
Health Care
35.59%
Weak
21 of 59 eligible securities above SMA20
60 constituents · 1 exclusion · 98.33% coverage
Industrials
34.15%
Weak
28 of 82 eligible securities above SMA20
83 constituents · 1 exclusion · 98.80% coverage
Materials
12.00%
Extreme Weakness
3 of 25 eligible securities above SMA20
Real Estate
6.67%
Extreme Weakness
2 of 30 eligible securities above SMA20
Information Technology
68.49%
Strong
50 of 73 eligible securities above SMA20
74 constituents · 1 exclusion · 98.65% coverage
Utilities
3.23%
Extreme Weakness
1 of 31 eligible securities above SMA20
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