S&P 500 sectors: the eleven sector funds
The S&P 500 split into its eleven sectors, plus the market itself. 24 symbols, each with a line on what it is.
The S&P 500 is split into eleven sectors, from technology and health care to utilities and real estate. Each sector has an exchange-traded fund that holds only the S&P 500 companies in it, and this list puts those funds side by side with a fund for the whole index, so it is easy to see which parts of the US market are moving together and which are not. Each row says in a few words what the sector covers. The full version adds narrower funds: the Nasdaq 100, smaller companies, an equal-weight S&P 500, and single industries such as chips, software, regional banks, biotech, aerospace and defence, homebuilders, retail and transport, plus one actively managed fund. All of them are US-listed and priced in dollars.
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Short version
- S&P 500 The whole market, to compare against. SPY · US
- Technology Software, hardware and chips. XLK · US
- Communications Internet, media and telecoms. XLC · US
- Consumer discretionary Things people can put off buying. XLY · US
- Consumer staples Things people buy anyway. XLP · US
- Financials Banks, insurers and asset managers. XLF · US
- Health care Drugmakers, devices and insurers. XLV · US
- Industrials Machinery, aerospace and transport. XLI · US
- Energy Oil and gas. XLE · US
- Materials Chemicals, metals and mining. XLB · US
- Utilities Power and water. XLU · US
- Real estate Property trusts. XLRE · US
Narrower
- Nasdaq 100 Large non-financial Nasdaq companies. QQQ · US
- Russell 2000 Smaller US companies. IWM · US
- S&P 500 equal weight Shows whether the average stock agrees with the index. RSP · US
- Semiconductors Chipmakers and equipment. SMH · US
- Software US software companies. IGV · US
- Regional banks Smaller US banks. KRE · US
- Biotech Smaller drug developers, equally weighted. XBI · US
- Aerospace and defence US contractors and suppliers. ITA · US
- Homebuilders Builders and suppliers. XHB · US
- Retail US retailers, equally weighted. XRT · US
- Transports Railways, airlines and freight. IYT · US
- ARK Innovation An actively managed fund of growth stocks. ARKK · US
Related lists
- Index funds Index funds listed in Europe, covering whole markets.
- US tech Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Tesla. Extensive adds the next tier of US large caps.
- Semis From chip design to manufacturing and memory.
Reviewed by hand on 2026-11-01, when every symbol was checked against its listing. For information, not investment advice. About MChart