# Information Technology — Historical Charts and Data

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Section: History of Market › Information Technology

XLK year to date: +21.1% as of 2026-11-12. Information Technology on History of Market: Tech Sector Annual Returns; Tech Sector Forward P/E. 7 charts with downloadable data, refreshed daily.

## Information Technology in figures

| Measure | Value | Date or period | Basis |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Latest close](https://historyofmarket.com/xlk/xlk-price/) | $173.77 | Nov 12, 2026 | Fund closing price |
| [Return this year (total return)](https://historyofmarket.com/xlk/xlk-annual/) | +21.1% | Nov 12, 2026 | Dividend-adjusted closes, since the previous year's last close |
| [Average annual return (total return)](https://historyofmarket.com/xlk/xlk-annual/) | +13.8% | 1999–2025 | Arithmetic mean; total return from dividend-adjusted closes, 27 complete calendar years |
| [Compound annual return (total return)](https://historyofmarket.com/xlk/xlk-annual/) | +9.6% | 1999–2025 | Geometric mean; total return from dividend-adjusted closes, 27 complete calendar years |
| [Calendar years with a gain](https://historyofmarket.com/xlk/xlk-annual/) | 20 of 27 (74.1%) | 1999–2025 | Total return from dividend-adjusted closes, 27 complete calendar years |
| [Highest calendar-year return](https://historyofmarket.com/xlk/xlk-annual/) | +65.2% (1999) | 1999–2025 | Total return from dividend-adjusted closes, 27 complete calendar years |
| [Lowest calendar-year return](https://historyofmarket.com/xlk/xlk-annual/) | -41.9% (2000) | 1999–2025 | Total return from dividend-adjusted closes, 27 complete calendar years |
| [Deepest fall from a record close](https://historyofmarket.com/xlk/xlk-price/) | -82.0% | Mar 27, 2000 – Oct 9, 2002 | Dividend-adjusted daily closes; back at the record on Mar 1, 2017 |
| [Below the record close](https://historyofmarket.com/xlk/xlk-price/) | -14.0% | Nov 12, 2026 | Dividend-adjusted daily closes; record close on Oct 6, 2026 |
| [Forward P/E](https://historyofmarket.com/xlk/xlk-fwdpe/) | 17.6× | Nov 12, 2026 | S5INFT: blended 12-month forward consensus earnings, daily |
| [Weight of the ten largest holdings](https://historyofmarket.com/xlk/xlk-holdings/) | 64.6% | Nov 13, 2026 | Holdings disclosed by XLK |

Computed from this site's published data files each time the page is built. Each measure links to the chart that holds the full series.

## § I

- [XLK · 1998 to present — Technology Select Sector (XLK): The Historical Arc Since 1998](https://historyofmarket.com/xlk/xlk-price/) (Tech Sector Since 1998) — Complete trajectory of the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) since its 1998 inception.
- [XLK · Annual Return — Technology Sector Historical Calendar-Year Returns](https://historyofmarket.com/xlk/xlk-annual/) (Tech Sector Annual Returns) — Calendar-year performances of XLK through the dot-com bubble, the smartphone era, and the cloud/AI expansion.
- [XLK · Return Distribution — Technology Sector Annual Returns Since 1999](https://historyofmarket.com/xlk/xlk-annual-dist/) (Tech Sector Return Distribution) — Histogram of annual total returns for the technology sector, highlighting structural growth and recovery elasticity.

## § III

- [XLK · Intrayear DD vs Full Year — Technology Sector Maximum Intra-Year Drop vs. Full-Year Return](https://historyofmarket.com/xlk/xlk-intrayear-dd/) (Tech Sector Intrayear Drawdowns) — Maximum intrayear declines versus final annual gains across modern technology market cycles.

## § II

- [XLK · Top Holdings & Cumulative Weight — XLK Top Holdings and Cumulative Portfolio Concentration](https://historyofmarket.com/xlk/xlk-holdings/) (Tech Sector Concentration) — Top ten holdings and portfolio concentration within the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund.
- [S5INFT · Consensus Forward PE — Information Technology Forward P/E Multiple Since 1998](https://historyofmarket.com/xlk/xlk-fwdpe/) (Tech Sector Forward P/E) — Thirty-year forward P/E multiple trajectory for S&P Information Technology against its March 2000 peak of 58.7x.

## § IV

- [GICS · 2018-09-24 Reshuffle — September 2018 GICS Reclassification: The Communication Services Shift](https://historyofmarket.com/xlk/xlk-reclass/) (2018 GICS Sector Reclassification) — Structural creation of Communication Services: transferring Alphabet and Meta out of technology and altering index dynamics.

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