US Stock Market Sector Analysis – August 2025
24 sectors, 68 tickers, tracked daily. Click any date to read the analysis.
Each trading day, all 24 sectors are classified by their average daily change. UP means 55%+ of sectors closed higher. DOWN means 55%+ closed lower. MIXED means neither side reached 55% — sectors were split without a clear direction.
Monthly Market Summary
August 2025 finished as a choppy month with 7 bullish days, 3 bearish days and 11 mixed sessions, reflecting a market that traded sideways overall but leaned slightly positive. Gains were concentrated, led by a powerful 22.9% surge in Airlines and solid contributions from Analog & Embedded Chips (+8.4%) and Energy (+6.4%). Weakness was notable in Infrastructure, which fell 7.2%, while Industrial and Biotech slipped modestly (-1.1% and -1.7%, respectively). Overall, the market exhibited selective leadership rather than broad-based strength, with sector rotation behind the uneven performance.
Daily Reports
- Aug 01, 2025 — Mag 7 Retreats; AMZN Drops 8.3%
- Aug 04, 2025 — PLTR Buzz Lifts Mag 7 Rally
- Aug 05, 2025 — PLTR Surges 7.8%, Software Leads
- Aug 06, 2025 — AAPL Leads Rally; SMCI Earnings ...
- Aug 07, 2025 — LLY Drops 14%, Cybersecurity Sinks
- Aug 08, 2025 — Nasdaq Tops Records; AAPL Leads
- Aug 11, 2025 — Intel Rally Lifts Chip Supply Chain
- Aug 12, 2025 — Airlines Rally; UAL Jumps 10%
- Aug 13, 2025 — AMD Jumps 5.4%, Chips Lead
- Aug 14, 2025 — INTC Jumps 7.4%, Chips Lead
- Aug 15, 2025 — UNH Rockets 12%, Healthcare Leads
- Aug 18, 2025 — META Drops 2.3%, Mag 7 Softens
- Aug 19, 2025 — Mag 7 Pullback Sends Tech-Risk R...
- Aug 20, 2025 — INTC Plunges 7%, Chips Slip
- Aug 21, 2025 — WMT Tumbles, Retail Drags S&P
- Aug 22, 2025 — TSLA Rally Leads Mag-7 Gains
- Aug 25, 2025 — SBUX Slips 2.9%, Food Sector Wea...
- Aug 26, 2025 — LLY Jumps 5.9%, Healthcare Leads
- Aug 27, 2025 — NVDA Beats; Chips Pull Back
- Aug 28, 2025 — S&P Highs; GOOG, Mag 7 Drive Rally
- Aug 29, 2025 — DELL, NVDA Drag Mag 7 Lower