State Street Health Care Select (XLV)

State Street Health Care Select is trading at $165.68, up 0.75% on the session. The 50 day average sits at $156.63 and the 200 day at $152.53, which puts the stock in a uptrend. RSI is at 53.7, which reads as neutral, and MACD is bearish crossover. Volume is below average.

The nearest support is around $157.25 with resistance near $164.00, so that band frames the current range. Average daily movement is roughly $2.89, or about 1.7% of the share price, which is what any stop placement has to allow for. The overall health score of 77 out of 100 combines a trend score of 97, momentum of 41 and a risk score of 96.

In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes companies from the following industries: pharmaceuticals; health care equipment & supplies; health care providers & services; biotechnology; life sciences tools & services; and health care technology. The fund is non-diversified.