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How Can I Drill Down into a Sector and Find Strong Stocks?

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The Sector Summary gives chartists the ability to view sectors, the industry groups within the sectors and the stocks within these industry groups. Starting with the sectors, each section is shown as a sortable table. The first image shows the Energy SPDR (XLE) leading the way on March 14th. Users can click on the Energy Select Sector SPDR name to see the industry groups that make up the sector.

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The second image shows the five industry groups within the energy sector. It is sorted by percentage change by default, but users can click any of the column headings for a different sort. Click on the industry group name to see the stocks.

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The third image shows the stocks in the Dow Jones US Coal Index. Notice that Arch Coal is the top performer. Users can click on the name to see a SharpChart.

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Arthur Hill
About the author: , CMT, is a Senior Technical Analyst at StockCharts.com. He has written articles for numerous financial publications including Barrons and Stocks & Commodities magazine. Focusing predominantly on US equities and ETFs, his systematic approach of identifying trend, finding signals within the trend, and setting key price levels has made him an esteemed technician. In addition to his CMT designation, Arthur holds an MBA from the Cass Business School at City University in London. Learn More
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