As of June 2020, the information technology sector increased its weight to **** percent within the global economy and was the riskiest sector for financial investors according to Standard & Poor's index sector weightings. Within the I.T. sector index are companies like Apple Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Amazon.com Inc. and Facebook.

View data of the S&P 500, an index of the stocks of 500 leading companies in the US economy, which provides a gauge of the U.S. equity market.

The S&P 500 is a direct market index tracking the stock performance of the largest *** companies listed on the S&P 500 exchange. As of October 2022, the information and technology sector accounted for the largest portion of the S&P 500's fund allocation, with companies including Apple and Microsoft accounting for a noticeable proportion of the index weight. Direct market indexes track the performance of specific securities or market benchmarks, while indirect indexes such as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust track the performance of direct indexes.

The majority of assets held by the S&P 500 index fund were allocated to stocks in the I.T. sector. Finacial stocks followed in second place, holding roughly ** percent of the total assets of the S&P 500. The stocks in the S&P 500 index traded under the ticker symbol VOO are chosen by the S&P committee with the goal of keeping fund turnover and costs low.

Context

In this dataset you can find the Top 100 companies in the technology sector. You can also find 5 of the most important and used indices in the financial market as well as a list of all the companies in the S&P 500 index and in the technology sector.

The Global Industry Classification Standard also known as GICS is the primary financial industry standard for defining sector classifications. The Global Industry Classification Standard was developed by index providers MSCI and Standard and Poor’s. Its hierarchy begins with 11 sectors which can be further delineated to 24 industry groups, 69 industries, and 158 sub-industries.

You can read the definition of each sector here.

The 11 broad GICS sectors commonly used for sector breakdown reporting include the following: Energy, Materials, Industrials, Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples, Health Care, Financials, Information Technology, Telecommunication Services, Utilities and Real Estate.

In this case we will focuse in the Technology Sector. You can see all the sectors and industry groups here.

To determine which companies, correspond to the technology sector, we use Yahoo Finance, where we rank the companies according to their “Market Cap”. After having the list of the Top 100 best valued companies in the sector, we proceeded to download the historical data of each of the companies using the NASDAQ website.

Regarding to the indices, we searched various sources to find out which were the most used and determined that the 5 most frequently used indices are: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI), S&P 500 (SPX), NASDAQ Composite (IXIC), Wilshire 5000 Total Market Inde (W5000) and to specifically view the technology sector SPDR Select Sector Fund - Technology (XLK). Historical data for these indices was also obtained from the NASDQ website.

Content

In total there are 107 files in csv format. They are composed as follows:

• 100 files contain the historical data of tech companies.
• 5 files contain the historical data of the most used indices.
• 1 file contain the list of all the companies in the S&P 500 index.
• 1 file contain the list of all the companies in the technology sector.

Column Description

Every company and index file has the same structure with the same columns:

Date: It is the date on which the prices were recorded. High: Is the highest price at which a stock traded during the course of the trading day. Low: Is the lowest price at which a stock traded during the course of the trading day. Open: Is the price at which a stock started trading when the opening bell rang. Close: Is the last price at which a stock trades during a regular trading session. Volume: Is the number of shares that changed hands during a given day. Adj Close: The adjusted closing price factors in corporate actions, such as stock splits, dividends, and rights offerings.

The two other files have different columns names:

List of S&P 500 companies

Symbol: Ticker symbol of the company. Name: Name of the company. Sector: The sector to which the company belongs.

Technology Sector Companies List

Symbol: Ticker symbol of the company. Name: Name of the company. Price: Current price at which a stock can be purchased or sold. (11/24/20) Change: Net change is the difference between closing prices from one day to the next. % Change: Is the difference between closing prices from one day to the next in percentage. Volume: Is the number of shares that changed hands during a given day. Avg Vol: Is the daily average of the cumulative trading volume during the last three months. Market Cap (Billions): Is the total value of a company’s shares outstanding at a given moment in time. It is calculated by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the price of a single share. PE Ratio: Is the ratio of a company's share (stock) price to the company's earnings per share. The ratio is used for valuing companies and to find out whether they are overvalued or undervalued.

Acknowledgements

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As of October 2022, Apple and Microsoft Corp accounted for the highest weight of the S&P 500 index. This correlates with the distribution of asset allocation of the S&P 500 index as over 25 percent of funds are allocated to the information technology sector.

As of November 2022, the information technology sector accounted for the largest fund allocation of assets under management (AUM) by the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF. The IT sector accounted for roughly 26 percent of total assets.

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As of June 2024, the information technology sector accounted for the largest allocation of assets under management (AUM) by the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust fund. The IT sector accounted for roughly ** percent more than the next highest-ranking sector, financials. As the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust is an indirect index, the fund allocation almost mirrors that of the S&P 500.