S&P 500 Sector Performance: March 2021

Technology sector gained stronger relative performance and moved from rank 11 to rank 1

Communication sector gained stronger relative performance and moved from rank 10 to rank 2

Financials sector gained relative strength in price performance as it moved from rank 6 to rank 3

Consumer Disc. sector achieved relative strength in price performance as it moved from rank 7 to rank 4

Energy sector achieved relative strength in price performance as it moved from rank 9 to rank 5

Real Estate sector experienced relative momentum loss as it moved from rank 5 to rank 6

Materials sector experienced relative momentum loss as it moved from rank 4 to rank 7

Healthcare sector experienced no change as it maintained it's position as last month and ranked 8

Industrials sector experienced loss in relative momentum as it dropped from rank 2 to 9

Utilities sector experienced loss in relative momentum as it dropped from rank 1 to 10

Staples sector experienced loss in relative momentum as it dropped from rank 3 to 11

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