Weekly Market Movers Review

Market-cap attribution and breadth review for the week ending 2026-07-24. Educational research only.

Savior’s Take

This week’s market structure should be read beneath the headline. The key question is whether leadership is broadening or staying concentrated.

Weekly Snapshot

Period
2026-07-17 to 2026-07-24
Names Used
448 / 503
Cap-Weighted Return
-1.31%
Equal-Weight Return
+0.08%
Top 50 Contribution
-1.384 percentage points
Bottom 450 Contribution
+0.077 percentage points
Next 50 Contribution
+0.013 percentage points
Next 100 Contribution
+0.101 percentage points
Middle 100 Contribution
-0.014 percentage points
Final 200 Contribution
-0.023 percentage points
Advancers / Decliners
237 / 211
Largest $ Gainer
NVDA / $97.6B
Largest $ Loser
GOOGL / $-330.6B
Week’s Top Contributor
NVDA / +0.145 percentage points
Week’s Top Detractor
GOOGL / -0.492 percentage points

Leadership Read

  • Equal weight outperformed the cap-weighted read, meaning the average stock held up better than the headline index.

Day-by-Day Market Movers

This table shows the biggest daily market-cap contributor and detractor during the weekly window. It helps identify whether leadership was consistent or whether last week’s winner became this week’s pressure point.

Date Top Daily Contributor Top Daily Detractor
2026-07-13 MSFT
Microsoft
$43.8B / +0.069 percentage points
NVDA
Nvidia
$-180.0B / -0.283 percentage points
2026-07-14 NVDA
Nvidia
$200.3B / +0.315 percentage points
IBM
IBM
$-68.8B / -0.108 percentage points
2026-07-15 AAPL
Apple Inc.
$185.6B / +0.292 percentage points
MU
Micron Technology
$-89.0B / -0.140 percentage points
2026-07-16 AAPL
Apple Inc.
$84.6B / +0.133 percentage points
GOOGL
Alphabet Inc. (Class A)
$-200.9B / -0.316 percentage points
2026-07-17 CSCO
Cisco
$9.0B / +0.014 percentage points
NVDA
Nvidia
$-111.2B / -0.175 percentage points

Weekly Contribution by Market-Cap Bucket

Bucket Names Contribution Read
Top 50
1-50
50 -1.384 percentage points Largest companies / headline index leadership
Next 50
51-100
50 +0.013 percentage points Large but less dominant companies
Next 100
101-200
100 +0.101 percentage points Middle of the index
Middle 100
201-300
100 -0.014 percentage points Broader market participation
Final 200
301-end
148 -0.023 percentage points Smallest S&P 500 constituents

Breadth Read

The top 50 contributed -1.384 percentage points. The bottom 450 contributed +0.077 percentage points. A headline return is most convincing when the average stock and broader market-cap buckets confirm the move.

Top Positive Weekly Contributors

Name Return Mkt Cap Change Contribution
NVDA
Nvidia
+1.99% $97.6B +0.145 percentage points
MU
Micron Technology
+8.48% $81.3B +0.121 percentage points
AVGO
Broadcom
+2.99% $52.8B +0.079 percentage points
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
+5.28% $42.7B +0.064 percentage points
XOM
ExxonMobil
+6.50% $39.7B +0.059 percentage points
JPM
JPMorgan Chase
+3.55% $32.2B +0.048 percentage points
DELL
Dell Technologies
+10.57% $27.0B +0.040 percentage points
RTX
RTX Corporation
+9.96% $26.0B +0.039 percentage points

Top Negative Weekly Contributors

Name Return Mkt Cap Change Contribution
GOOGL
Alphabet Inc. (Class A)
-7.79% $-330.6B -0.492 percentage points
GOOG
Alphabet Inc. (Class C)
-7.81% $-330.6B -0.492 percentage points
TSLA
Tesla, Inc.
-17.81% $-267.8B -0.399 percentage points
AMZN
Amazon
-6.12% $-162.6B -0.242 percentage points
META
Meta Platforms
-7.87% $-129.0B -0.192 percentage points
MSFT
Microsoft
-3.08% $-90.0B -0.134 percentage points
ORCL
Oracle Corporation
-9.03% $-32.9B -0.049 percentage points
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
-9.73% $-28.4B -0.042 percentage points

The Bottom Line

This weekly report is designed to show whether headline index performance was driven by concentrated leadership or confirmed by broader participation. That distinction matters because the next Compass report, weekly email, and market structure dashboard rely on the same leadership and breadth read.

Important disclosure: Educational commentary only. This material is not investment advice and is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Market-cap attribution is estimated and may differ from official index calculations. Past performance does not guarantee future results.