{"id":13928,"date":"2025-06-30T14:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/06\/30\/monday-sector-leaders-technology-communications-industrial\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T14:49:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T18:49:00","slug":"monday-sector-leaders-technology-communications-industrial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/06\/30\/monday-sector-leaders-technology-communications-industrial\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Sector Leaders: Technology &#038; Communications, Industrial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"layout__region nsdq-l-grid__item syndicated-article-body\">\n<section class=\"jupiter22-c-article-body\">\n<div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"body__content\">\n<p>The best performing sector as of midday Monday is the Technology &#038; Communications sector, higher by 1.2%.  Within that group, KLA Corp (Symbol: KLAC) and Applied Materials, Inc. (Symbol: AMAT) are two of the day&#8217;s stand-outs, showing a gain of 5.3% and 5.0%, respectively.  Among technology ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (Symbol: XLK), which is up 2.1% on the day, and up 17.57% year-to-date.  KLA Corp, meanwhile, is up 38.63% year-to-date, and Applied Materials, Inc. is up 36.63% year-to-date.  Combined, KLAC and AMAT make up approximately 3.0% of the underlying holdings of XLK. <\/p>\n<p> The next best performing sector is the Industrial sector, higher by 1.1%.  Among large Industrial stocks, Lam Research Corp (Symbol: LRCX) and Equifax Inc (Symbol: EFX) are the most notable, showing a gain of 5.5% and 3.2%, respectively.  One ETF closely tracking Industrial stocks is the Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLI), which is up 0.8% in midday trading, and up 11.17% on a year-to-date basis.  Lam Research Corp, meanwhile, is up 24.00% year-to-date, and Equifax Inc is up 9.00% year-to-date.  EFX makes up approximately 0.9% of the underlying holdings of XLI.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ads__inline\">\n<div id=\"js-dfp-tag-fio\"  class=\"btf-bodymidpagetwothirdswidth-1\">          <script type=\"text\/javascript\">         googletag.cmd.push(function() {             \/\/ Check if ID matches ID in the window.adsList array before calling googletag.display             function isAdInAdsList(id) {             for (var i = 0; i < window.adsList.length; i++) {                 if (window.adsList[i].id === id) {                     return true;                 }             }             return false;         }         if (isAdInAdsList('js-dfp-tag-fio')) {             googletag.display('js-dfp-tag-fio');         }         });     <\/script> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Comparing these stocks and ETFs on a trailing twelve month basis, below is a relative stock price performance chart, with each of the symbols shown in a different color as labeled in the legend at the bottom:  <\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dividend Channel\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.tickertech.com\/pics\/2024\/32114900111.gif\">   <\/p>\n<p>Here's a snapshot of how the S&P 500 components within the various sectors are faring in afternoon trading on Monday.  As you can see, eight sectors are up on the day, while one sector is down.  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"feed-table__wrapper\">\n<table border=\"0\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt\" class=\"feed-table\">\n<tr bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<th style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA\">Sector<\/th>\n<th style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA\">% Change<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA\">Technology & Communications<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"color:#009900\">+1.2%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA\">Industrial<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"color:#009900\">+1.1%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA\">Utilities<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"color:#009900\">+0.9%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA\">Financial<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"color:#009900\">+0.7%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA\">Healthcare<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"color:#009900\">+0.5%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA\">Materials<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"color:#009900\">+0.4%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA\">Services<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"color:#009900\">+0.3%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA\">Consumer Products<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"color:#009900\">+0.2%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA\">Energy<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"color:#CC0000\">-0.3%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dividendchannel.com\/nslideshow.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" style=\"margin:0; display:inline; padding-right: 4px\"> 25 Dividend Giants Widely Held By ETFs \u00bb <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h5>Also see:<\/h5>\n<p> \t\u0095 BLTA Insider Buying<br \/> \t\u0095 Funds Holding EWG<br \/> \t\u0095 NRGY Options Chain \t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"body__disclaimer\">The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>        <script type=\"text\/javascript\">   \/\/ add oddAd class to every odd instance of body .ads__inline for different placeholder styles   let articleAds = document.querySelectorAll('.ads__inline');   for (let i = 0, len = articleAds.length; i < len; i++) {     \/\/ Do the below only if the curent count is less than 12     if ((i < 12) &#038;&#038; (i % 2 === 0)) {       articleAds[i].className += ' oddAd';     }   } <\/script>                                               <\/p>\n<div class=\"jupiter22-c-tags jupiter22-c-tags-default\">\n<h3 class=\"jupiter22-c-tags-title\">         Tags       <\/h3>\n<div class=\"jupiter22-c-tags-container\">MarketsStocks<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best performing sector as of midday Monday is the Technology &#038; Communications sector, higher by 1.2%. Within that group, KLA Corp (Symbol: KLAC) and Applied Materials, Inc. (Symbol: AMAT) are two of the day&#8217;s stand-outs, showing a gain of 5.3% and 5.0%, respectively. Among technology ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Technology [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stock","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}