Stock Heatmap Today: Navigating the Market’s Pulse

Another day of stock market trading has come to an end. Today’s action can be visualized with the S&P 500 Heatmap (SPX), which highlights the performance of each sector’s major stocks. For clarity’s sake, each box is scaled to reflect the relative size of the stocks within the index.

Here’s a look at today’s heatmap at the close of trading:

It’s worth noting that this tool isn’t exclusive to the S&P 500 – it is also available for the Dow Jones (DIJA), the Nasdaq (NDX), and a wide variety of ETFs.