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Utilities Select Sector SPDR® Fund (XLU) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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The desk on XLU

What this diary said about Utilities Select Sector SPDR® Fund, what it holds and what would change its view — in its own words, dated. Investment diary, not advice.

What we said

Buying from Europe — UCITS versions of XLU

EU / EEA investors · UCITS funds

Investors in the EU and the EEA usually cannot buy Utilities Select Sector SPDR® Fund itself: US-listed funds publish no key information document, which EU rules require. These European-domiciled funds follow the Utilities Select Sector index family instead.

FundIndexDividendsDomicileXetra (EUR)Londonvs XLU, since
SPDR S&P U.S. Utilities Select Sector UCITS ETFIE00BWBXMB69 Same index family — Ireland ZPDU SXLU · USD −0.58 pp (11 y)

Physically replicating Irish-domiciled funds pay 15% withholding tax on US dividends under the US–Ireland tax treaty; funds domiciled in Luxembourg usually pay 30% — a structural difference that shows up in the tracking difference of funds holding US shares. "Same index family" means the European fund may cap its largest holdings harder than the US fund, as EU fund rules require, so the two can diverge when one heavyweight runs. “vs XLU, since” = the UCITS fund’s dollar line in London against XLU, total return, percentage points a year since the common start — positive means the European version returned more. Listings verified against the vendor's symbol list by ticker and ISIN. All UCITS versions · descriptive, not advice.

Closelooknet ETF read

Our dispersion engine · constituent internals

confirming down · Broad decline - breadth is falling with price. — last 21 sessions: price −9.2%, advance/decline −6.48 per name

WindowFundMedian holdingBeat / lag the fundUp / downDispersion
Day +0.4% +0.3% 13 / 18 28 / 3 0.5pp
Week −3.2% −3.4% 13 / 18 2 / 29 1.8pp
Month −9.2% −7.7% 24 / 7 1 / 30 6.6pp
Year to date −6.8% −4.2% 22 / 9 9 / 22 10.1pp

Drove the month AES +0.9%

Dragged the month NEE −9.0% · PCG −32.3% · EIX −29.3% · SO −7.7% · DUK −7.0%

Computed by the Closelooknet dispersion engine from the full constituent roster (31 names, 100% of weight) · as of 2026-09-25 · full dispersion read → · methodology · descriptive, not advice.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.07%, quarterly · last 0.30 USD on 2026-09-21

Dividends and capital return

What XLU pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.21 USD per share · a 3.07% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Last distribution 0.30 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-21
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.32 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.89 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-12-22

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

How it trades on rate days beta 0.62 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How XLU has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.62 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Utilities Select Sector SPDR® Fund moved 0.62% on average · correlation 0.37 · higher than 63% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.46 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.65% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 9 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.98% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sector × region Utilities in US: −3.2% week · −8.5% month · −13.9% quarter · −13.4% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLU.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-26
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25

About Utilities Select Sector SPDR® Fund

Utilities Select Sector SPDR® Fund (XLU) is an exchange-traded fund that trades on US exchanges. Closelooknet tracks it as a benchmark: the dailies and the sector dispersion board quote it as a market reference, and the holdings card above matches its largest positions against the names with a Closelooknet page. It is a constituent of Closelooknet benchmark ETF set.

closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Utilities Select Sector SPDR® Fund (XLU)?

Utilities Select Sector SPDR® Fund is an exchange-traded fund trading as XLU on the US exchange (US) and is one of the benchmark ETFs Closelooknet tracks as a market reference, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

How does Closelooknet use XLU?

As a benchmark: the daily editions, the sector dispersion board and the index dashboards quote Utilities Select Sector SPDR® Fund as a market reference, and this page matches the fund's largest holdings against the names Closelooknet covers so a reader can move from the fund to the companies inside it.

What does the Closelooknet dispersion engine say about XLU?

Broad decline - breadth is falling with price. (confirming down, last 21 sessions). Over 21 sessions the fund moved −9.2% while the median holding moved −7.7%; 24 of 31 holdings beat the fund and 1 rose. Against the S&P 500 fund it is −9.9pp over the same window. The top ten holdings carry 57.9% of the weight (effective N 19.8). As of 2026-09-25, computed from the full constituent roster — the full dispersion read carries the series; a descriptive reading from Closelooknet's research diary, not advice.

Does Utilities Select Sector SPDR® Fund pay a dividend?

Utilities Select Sector SPDR® Fund has paid 1.21 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 3.07% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.30 USD on 2026-09-21. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does Utilities Select Sector SPDR® Fund trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Utilities Select Sector SPDR® Fund had a beta of 0.62 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 63% of US names. On the 9 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.65% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about Utilities Select Sector SPDR® Fund?

Utilities Select Sector SPDR® Fund appears in 9 Closelooknet pieces, most recently Morning 10: Great numbers, falling stocks — the market has stopped rewarding even record earnings (2026-09-02); Weekly Signal: Software vs Semis — The Axis Turned (2026-08-23); Midday 10: Treasury doubles its long-end buyback support to $4B — 30-year yield falls to 5.207% as Health Care leads a tape where semis refuse to bounce (2026-08-19). What Closelooknet said most recently: Discretionary XLY −0.15% +2.7% −0.6% −1.0% Real Estate XLRE −0.42% −0.3% +1.3% +12.5% Financials XLF −1.17% +2.4% +11.1% +5.5% Communication XLC −1.37% +1.2% −4.0% −5.1% Industrials XLI −3.36% +0.9% +5.7% +16.5% Utilities XLU −3.48% −4.8%… (Weekly Signal, 2026-08-23). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for XLU, fund basics and the top holdings by weight with the Closelooknet names among them marked, the technical state where the data exists, and the research diary mentions — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 9 pieces · newest: Morning 10, “Great numbers, falling stocks — the market has stopped rewarding even record earnings” (2026-09-02)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where XLU appears in the diary — 9 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

  • Software vs Semis — The Axis TurnedWeekly Signal · 23 Aug 2026Discretionary XLY −0.15% +2.7% −0.6% −1.0% Real Estate XLRE −0.42% −0.3% +1.3% +12.5% Financials XLF −1.17% +2.4% +11.1% +5.5% Communication XLC −1.37% +1.2% −4.0% −5.1% Industrials XLI −3.36% +0.9% +5.7% +16.5% Utilities XLU −3.48% −4.8%…
  • Software vs Semis — The Tape Split in TwoWeekly Signal · 5 Jul 2026Sector (SPDR) Week Financials (XLF) +3.8% Communications (XLC) +3.2% Discretionary (XLY) +2.4% Health Care (XLV) +2.1% Industrials (XLI) +1.5% Materials (XLB) +0.8% Staples (XLP) +0.3% Technology (XLK) −0.3% Utilities (XLU) −1.0% Energy…
  • Treasuries — Stock Market at a CrossroadsWeekly Signal · 17 May 2026The deepest Z-scores cluster in Discretionary and in the rate-sensitive duration plays (XLRE, XLU).
  • Much More Than Semis — The Broadening Tech BullWeekly Signal · 4 May 2026Semis lead (XSD +155% 52W, SMH +140%), and the AI Barbell is firing on the Grid sleeve (GRID +24.91% YTD, new ATH) — but not uniformly : NLR is consolidating ~3% below its March highs, XLU is just defensively drifting.

Dailies