Communication Services Select Sector SPDR® Fund (XLC) — Technical state
As of 2026-11-04 — re-computed nightly across the coverage universe. Closelooknet diary readings, not advice.
The Closelooknet read
- Signal: Downtrend stack — Trades -4.6% vs the 50-day and -6.8% vs the 200-day average, 12.5% below the 52-week high and +5.7% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. (as of 2026-11-04)
- Trend: Communication Services Select Sector SPDR® Fund trades 4.6% below its 50-day and 6.8% below its 200-day moving average. (as of 2026-11-04)
- Inside the fund: Improving below the surface - the A/D line is rising while price is flat-to-down; more names participating than the headline shows. (improving, last 21 sessions). Over 21 sessions the fund moved −6.0% while the median holding moved +5.9%; 17 of 23 holdings beat the fund and 15 rose. Against the S&P 500 fund it is −4.4pp over the same window. The top ten holdings carry 62.6% of the weight (effective N 16.8). (as of 2026-11-04)
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Trades -4.6% vs the 50-day and -6.8% vs the 200-day average, 12.5% below the 52-week high and +5.7% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes.
The moving-average stack
- vs 20-day-1.9%
- vs 50-day-4.6%
- vs 200-day-6.8%
- 52-week band12.5% off the high · +5.7% off the low
- Streak3 consecutive up sessions
- 50-day crossprice crossed down through the 50-day 13 sessions ago
- Stochastic%K 41.5 · %D 8.9
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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-04
Quick answers
What is the current Closelooknet signal on XLC?
Downtrend stack — Trades -4.6% vs the 50-day and -6.8% vs the 200-day average, 12.5% below the 52-week high and +5.7% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-11-04; the signal board re-computes across the coverage universe nightly. A research diary reading, not advice.
Is XLC above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages?
As of 2026-11-04, Communication Services Select Sector SPDR® Fund trades -4.6% below its 50-day and -6.8% below its 200-day average, with the 20-day -1.9% away.
How far is XLC from its 52-week high?
12.5% below the 52-week high and 5.7% above the 52-week low, as of 2026-11-04.
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- AI Trade — Kospi Swings 7% on AMD and the Midterms, Closes Green; Nasdaq Futures Recover
Technology (XLK +1.31%), communication services (XLC +1.18%) and industrials (XLI +0.95%) rose; staples (XLP −2.07%), materials (XLB −2.00%), energy (XLE −0.85%), consumer stocks (XLY −0.70%) and financials (XLF −0.64%) fell.
- AI Trade — Japan, Korea, Taiwan fall, India rises; Bitcoin under 80,000, gold under 4,000, TLT above 81.50
Health care (XLV +2.40%), real estate (XLRE +2.21%), staples (XLP +1.54%), utilities (XLU +1.53%) and financials (XLF +1.44%) led, while communications (XLC −1.87%), technology (XLK −1.18%) and software (IGV −3.52%) trailed.
- Earnings Tape — Alphabet −13%, ServiceNow −27%, Microsoft's gain gone, Lilly +6%
Tech and its neighbors carry the losses: software (IGV) −4.4%, cloud (CLOU) −4.3%, small-cap chip stocks (XSD) −2.5%, communications (XLC) −1.9%, chips (SMH) −1.8%, Palantir −2.0% and Nvidia −1.3%.
- Tech — the tape buys the reporters: Nasdaq-100 +1.1%, Meta +2.4%, Tesla +3.6% hours before their prints
- Rotation — Out of Chips, Into Pills and Soap
- Chips — memory and optics sold again: Lumentum −7.7%, SanDisk −6.5%, chip fund −2.6%; Meta +3.8%
Meta lifts the communication-services fund XLC 1.0%.
- Korea — Kospi −3.5% on its first day back as chipmakers catch up; SpaceX deal sinks T-Mobile 13%
The communication-services fund XLC fell 1.5%.
- Brazil — stocks jump 13% after Bolsonaro leads round one; US 10-year hits 5.35%, stocks rise anyway