S&P 500 Tech Slide Masked 0.76-Point Shift—Banks in Focus as Results Loom

S&P 500 dropped 0.8% Monday as chip stocks tumbled and oil spiked nearly 10%, shaking risk appetite. But the bigger story for investors was under the surface: the index’s equal-weight version slipped just 0.03%. A big financials ETF moved up 0.65%, while its tech fund counterpart fell 2.42%. The 0.76 point gap between the main and equal-weight S&P suggested big caps were rotating, not dumping stocks.