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XLU

State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF · ARCX · ETF · 131 sessions on record
$39.44▼ −0.27 · −0.7%from $39.71 the session before · Sep 30, 2026 close · end of day
Open
$39.83
High
$39.94
Low
$39.42
Day's range
$0.521.3% of the previous close
VWAP
$39.59close −0.39% from it
Volume, shares
55.6M2.24× the 20-session average
Traded, $
$2.20B
Trades
117K480 shares per trade
Previous close
$39.71−0.27 to the close
Market cap
—
Day range4% of the way up
$39.42$39.94
52-week range5% of the way up
$39.03 Sep 29$47.71 Apr 9

−17% from the high · +1.1% from the low

The desk read · Sep 30expiry Oct 16 · 16 days
put-heavy
options read
calls 42% · puts 58% of OI
1.40
puts per call, by OI
Oct 16 expiry 0.20
$40.00
max pain
+1.4% from the close
$41.50
most call OI
43.7K contracts · +5.2% from the close
▲ +5.3%
option OI on the day
+133K contracts · 2.65M open

Put-heavy into a 16-day expiry: 1.40 puts per call by open interest, option OI +5.3% on the day, the most call OI sits at $41.50, the most put OI at $39.00, max pain $40.00.

Options

Sep 30 open interest · 16 expiries listed

XLU options carry 2.65M contracts of open interest across 16 expiries, 8.7% of it in the Oct 16 contract, with 1.40 puts per call.

Open interest by expirythe next 8 of 16 expiries · share of all open interest
Option open interest by expiry, the next 8 expiries
ExpiryCall OI · on the dayPut OI · on the dayPuts per callShare of OI %Strikes
Oct 22 days97.1K−5.23K6.44K+3740.073.936
Oct 99 days83.2K+9.28K2.91K+370.033.335
Oct 1616 days192K+7.91K39.2K+1070.208.733
Oct 2323 days21.5K+7026.97K+3490.321.134
Oct 3030 days74.6K+57.7K9.79K+870.133.233
Nov 637 days1.15K+269486+1580.420.0631
Nov 2051 days96.9K+30.1K25.6K+560.264.622
Dec 1879 days135K−5.04K348K+9232.581849

84% of open interest sits beyond the Oct 16 contract · 33 strikes listed for it · 2.65M contracts open in all

Monthly contractOct 16 expiry · 16 days

The Oct 16 contract holds 192K calls and 39.2K puts, the most call OI at $41.50 and the most put OI at $39.00; max pain $40.00, +1.4% from the close.

Call OI, contracts
192K+7.91K on the day
Put OI, contracts
39.2K+107 on the day
Puts per call, by OI
0.20all expiries 1.40
Max pain
$40.00+1.4% from the close
Strikes listed
33for this expiry
Open interest by strike, contractstop three strikes each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
$42.00
8.92K
43.7K
$41.50
35.6K
$41.00
29.5K
$40.00
9.22K
$39.00
10.7K
Open interest added on the day, contractsthree largest additions each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
+7.46K
$41.50
+1.39K
$40.50
+10
$39.50
+136
+1.3K
$39.00
+985
Close $ · S&P 500 rebased to the first close126 sessions to Sep 30 · axis fixed at 4 × ATR-14 around the last close
131 sessions on file · from Mar 25
XLU close over the last 126 sessions, with S&P 500 rebased to the first close37.1445.9454.74axis spans 47%S&P 500XLUApr 1Jul 2Sep 30126 sessions from Apr 1 to Sep 30; the price axis spans 47 percent.

Shareholding

quarter to Jun 2026 · SEC Form 13F

No open-market insider buying or selling in the last 90 days.

Held by 13F managers
—
Shares held
616M−3.1% on Mar 2026 among managers filing both
Managers holding
1,5181,539 a quarter earlier
Largest holder
—BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/
Largest 10 holderspercent of shares outstanding · change in shares against the previous quarter
Largest 13F holders of XLU
ManagerSharesOf outstandingValueChange on quarter
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/56.5M—$2.56B+393K
MORGAN STANLEY44M—$1.99B−2.73M
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO43.6M—$2.01B—
LPL Financial LLC30.5M—$1.38B−1.58M
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN26.7M—$1.21B+284K
UBS Group AG19.1M—$864.9M−13.2M
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC17.1M—$777.8M+3.11M
BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS15.8M—$715.4M+4.39M
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC15.2M—$690.3M+982K
ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC13.6M—$616.6M−1.27M

Corporate actions

exchange records

Nothing upcoming on record; the last was a dividend of $0.30 a share, ex-date Sep 21, 2026.

Actionsex-dates · upcoming first, then the last eight · dividends in dollars a share, splits as ratios
Corporate actions of XLU, upcoming first, then the most recent
Ex-dateActionAmount or ratioRecord date
recent
Sep 21, 2026dividend$0.30—
Jun 22, 2026dividend$0.28—
Calendardividends by ex-date
Dividends in 365 days
—a share · ex-dates inside the year
Last dividend
$0.30ex-date Sep 21, 2026

Price history

131 sessions on record · to Sep 30 · end of day

XLU is −7.3% over 20 sessions against the S&P 500's +0.1%, 17% below its 52-week high, realised volatility 14% annualised.

Returns against S&P 500longest window first · S&P 500 over the same sessions
Returns of the stock and S&P 500 over six windows, longest first
WindowFrom $XLU %S&P 500 %Difference pp
120 sessionssince Apr 9$47.15▼ −16%▲ +12%−29
60 sessionssince Jul 7$45.70▼ −14%▲ +2.0%−16
20 sessionssince Sep 1$42.56▼ −7.3%▲ +0.11%−7.4
5 sessionssince Sep 23$39.75▼ −0.78%▼ −0.67%−0.11
1 sessionsince Sep 29$39.71▼ −0.68%▼ −0.21%−0.47
Averages of the closeclose against each average
5-session average
$39.45close −0.03% from it
20-session average
$41.28close −4.5% from it
50-session average
$42.93close −8.1% from it
Range and volumetrue range over 14 sessions · high to low over 20 · volume against the 20-session average
Average true range, 14
$0.581.5% of the close
Average day's range, 20
$0.531.4% of the close
Volume against 20 sessions
2.24×55.6M vs 26M average
Volatility and co-movement with S&P 500annualised from daily returns
Realised volatility, 20
14%≈ ±0.91% a session · moved more than that on 9 of 20
Realised volatility, 60
14%≈ ±0.87% a session · moved more than that on 21 of 60
Beta to S&P 500, 60
0.09moved with S&P 500 on 34 of 60 sessions
Up and down sessionscloses above and below the previous close
Last 20 sessions
7 up · 12 downof 19
Last 60 sessions
23 up · 35 downof 58
Best session, 250
▲ +2.7%Apr 23
Worst session, 250
▼ −3.0%Jun 1

Short-sale volume

25 sessions · to Sep 30, 2026

Short sales were 79% of reported volume on Sep 30, 2026, against 63% over the last 25 sessions.

Last 10 sessionsshare of the day's reported volume
XLU daily short-sale volume
SessionShort volumeReported volumeShort share
Sep 30, 202620.5M26M79.0%
Sep 29, 202613.7M19.3M70.8%
Sep 28, 20265.65M11.7M48.4%
Sep 25, 20267.02M10.5M66.8%
Sep 24, 20264.94M8.5M58.1%
Sep 23, 20265.55M9.91M56.0%
Sep 22, 20263.05M5.7M53.6%
Sep 21, 20263.66M6.34M57.8%
Sep 18, 20264.1M7.15M57.3%
Sep 17, 20263.28M5.06M64.8%

Filings

SEC EDGAR · newest first
XLU SEC filings
FiledFormReport date
Sep 16, 202640-17F2—
Sep 3, 2026N-CSRSJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026NPORT-PJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026NPORT-PJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026NPORT-PJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026NPORT-PJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026NPORT-PJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026NPORT-PJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026NPORT-PJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026NPORT-PJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026NPORT-PJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026NPORT-PJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026NPORT-PJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026NPORT-PJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026NPORT-PJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026NPORT-PJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026NPORT-PJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026NPORT-PJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026NPORT-PJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026NPORT-PJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026NPORT-PJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026NPORT-PJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026NPORT-PJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026NPORT-PJun 30, 2026
Aug 12, 2026N-PXJun 30, 2026

About State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF

SEC and exchange records
Company
State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF
Exchange
ARCX
SEC CIK
1064641
Sessions on record
131
Price source
End of day · delayed
Computed
1 Oct, 11:00 pm IST

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