State Street Health Care Select (XLV)

State Street Health Care Select is trading at $171.62, up 0.63% on the session. The 50 day average sits at $163.74 and the 200 day at $154.87, which puts the stock in a uptrend. RSI is at 57.1, which reads as strong, and MACD is bearish crossover. Volume is below average.

The nearest support is around $160.73 with resistance near $175.82, so that band frames the current range. Average daily movement is roughly $2.66, or about 1.5% of the share price, which is what any stop placement has to allow for. The overall health score of 81 out of 100 combines a trend score of 97, momentum of 56 and a risk score of 90.

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.