S&P 500 Sector Heatmap (H1-26)

All 11 sectors, colour-coded by H1 2026 performance. Valuations, the three-year rotation, a Tech spotlight, and how the second half could play out.

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S&P 500 Sector Heatmap: The Half-Time Review

All 11 GICS sectors, colour-coded by first-half performance. Valuations, the three-year rotation, a Tech spotlight, and the frameworks strategists are using for the second half.

Snapshot: 30 Jun 2026 11 sectors Sources: LSEG, S&P DJI, Schwab
S&P 500 H1+9.6%
Nasdaq H1+12%
Russell 2000 H1+22%
S&P fwd P/E20.3×
H1 2026 price returns · Nasdaq and Russell rounded · fwd P/E was 22.5× on 31 Dec 2025
⚡ Beginner take

The S&P 500 is divided into 11 sectors: broad categories of business (Tech, Energy, Health Care, and so on). Each sector has an ETF that tracks it (XLK for Tech, XLE for Energy), a fund you can buy that holds every stock in that sector at its market weight. H1 means the first half of the year, 1 January to 30 June. Forward P/E is the price you pay today per dollar of earnings analysts expect over the next 12 months; lower usually means cheaper. One nuance worth knowing: the heatmap in this report uses price returns (share price moves only), while the rotation section uses total returns (price moves plus dividends). Both are labelled where they appear.

H1 performance, ranked

All 11 sectors · Price return (%) · 1 Jan to 30 Jun 2026 · Source: LSEG
Before you look: which sector led the S&P 500 in H1 2026?
The first half came in two very different quarters. Toggle to Q1 and watch the bars re-sort: the leaderboard on 31 March looked almost nothing like this one.
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