The Stock Market & Sector Performance page gives you a quick glance at the overall state of the U.S. market segments.
A 1-year chart of the S&P 500 Index, showing percent comparisons against the 11 S&P Sectors is shown at the top of the page. Use the check boxes to show or hide certain sectors. You may show or hide the chart using the check box at the top of the chart, and also customize the chart with the sectors to show. Barchart Members who are logged into the site can then save the page setup by clicking "Make this my default Market Performance page" (located at the top right of the page).
The heatmap helps identify S&P sectors whose stocks are over or underperforming based on 5 different moving averages.
The heatmap ranks the percentage of stocks in each sector that are above their 20, 50, 100, 150 and 200-Day Moving Averages. All sectors (including the S&P 500 Index) are ranked within the heatmap, with green being the highest percent and red being the lowest percent.