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GICS · 2018-09-24 Reshuffle

GICS · 2018-09-24 Reshuffle — September 2018: a fifth of XLK swapped out in one day

S&P and MSCI moved GOOGL, META, NFLX and others out of Information Technology into the newly formed Communication Services sector. XLK's long curve crosses this date, but the internal composition shifted meaningfully — read the chart with this seam in mind.

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S&P and MSCI moved GOOGL, META, NFLX and others out of Information Technology into the newly formed Communication Services sector. XLK's long curve crosses this date, but the internal composition shifted meaningfully — read the chart with this seam in mind. The data is refreshed by the History of Market pipeline and published as a stable JSON endpoint for research, citation, and AI-agent use.

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September 2018: a fifth of XLK swapped out in one day Chart

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