S&P 500 index sector weighting 2016-2020

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Amna Puri-Mirza
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Sep 12, 2022
As of June 2020, the information technology sector increased its weight to 27.5 percent within the global economy and was the riskiest sector for financial investors according Standard & Poor's index sector weightings. Within the I.T. sector index are companies like Apple Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Amazon.com Inc. and Facebook.

Breakdown of the Standard & Poor's 500 index sector weightings from 2016 to June 2020

CharacteristicReal estateUtilitiesMaterialsInformation technologyIndustrialsHealth careFinancialsEnergyConsumer staplesConsumer discretionaryCommunications
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Statistic: Breakdown of the Standard & Poor's 500 index sector weightings from 2016 to June 2020

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Release date

August 2020

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2016 to H1 2020

Supplementary notes

The S&P 500 Index measures the stock performance of 500 large companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. According to the S&P 500 index sector weightings is the greatest risk the market cap weighted structure. The higher the market share of a industry is, the higher the risk of losses, if the markets turn. Currently largest companies are within the I.T. sector.

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