Energy Keeps The Lead Locked Down

Energy was one of just three S&P 500 sectors to close higher yesterday and the only one with positive net breadth on the day. Nineteen percent of energy stocks are at 52-week highs, compared with 5.9% for second-place Consumer Staples. Energy’s outperformance this year isn’t unprecedented. If its lead holds, 2026 will be the seventh year since 1990 and the third since 2021 that Energy finishes as the S&P 500’s top-performing sector. Energy was one of just three S&P 500 sectors to close higher yesterday and the only one with positive net breadth on the day. It also has the largest percentage of stocks at 52-week highs by