Dow Jones drops 3.44% amid chip sector collapse
The Dow Jones fell 1,833 points (3.44%) to close at 51,523 on November 6, led by declines in Nvidia (-9.23%), Cisco (-7.62%), and Goldman Sachs (-6.42%) as chip concerns persisted.
Funds in our coverage with Eli Lilly and Company among their ten largest positions, with about £19.5B of those funds’ assets in it. FE fundinfo data, to 31 Oct 2026.
| 5Y | Volatility | Quartile | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iShares S&P 500 Health Care Sector UCITS ETFBlackRock | Passive | 15.15% | +28.3% | Pro | Pro | 0.15% | £2.2B | Free account |
| State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETFSPDR ETFs | Passive | 15.13% | +27.8% | Pro | Pro | 0.08% | £31.2B | Free account |
| Xtrackers MSCI USA Health Care UCITS ETFDWS | Passive | 15.07% | +22.2% | Pro | Pro | 0.12% | £661.1M | Free account |
| iShares U.S. Healthcare ETFBlackRock | Passive | 14.55% | +25.6% | Pro | Pro | 0.44% | n/a | Free account |
| Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETFFidelity | Passive | 13.35% | +28.1% | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| Worldwide Healthcare Trust PLCFrostrow Capital LLP | Not classified | 11.80% | +17.8% | Pro | Pro | 0.90% | £1.4B | Free account |
| Legal & General Global Health and Pharmaceuticals Index TrustLegal & General | Passive | 11.20% | +19.2% | Pro | Pro | 0.69% | £1.1B | Free account |
| Xtrackers MSCI World Health Care UCITS ETFDWS | Passive | 11.04% | +20.7% | Pro | Pro | 0.25% | £2.8B | Free account |
| iShares MSCI World Health Care Sector Advanced UCITS ETFBlackRock | Passive | 10.75% | +18.1% | Pro | Pro | 0.18% | £718.2M | Free account |
| Health Care InnovatorsBNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT | Active | 9.53% | +11.0% | Pro | Pro | 1.96% | £1.3B | Free account |
| World Healthscience FundBlackRock | Active | 9.46% | +19.8% | Pro | Pro | 1.81% | £10.4B | Free account |
| International Health Care PortfolioAllianceBernstein | Active | 9.44% | +21.0% | Pro | Pro | 0.51% | £2.7B | Free account |
| Bellevue Sustainable HealthcareBellevue Asset Management | Active | 9.35% | +7.2% | Pro | Pro | 2.18% | £55.1M | Free account |
| Wellington Global Health Care Equity FundWellington | Active | 9.33% | +25.7% | Pro | Pro | 0.84% | £872.7M | Free account |
| Global Life Sciences FundJanus Henderson Investors | Active | 9.25% | +22.7% | Pro | Pro | 0.89% | £4.1B | Free account |
| Global Healthcare FundFidelity | Active | 8.66% | +5.4% | Pro | Pro | 2.65% | £945.5M | Free account |
| Healthcare Opportunities FundPolar Capital | Active | 7.84% | +3.7% | Pro | Pro | 1.58% | £1.7B | Free account |
| Global Healthcare FundJ.P. Morgan Asset Management | Active | 7.80% | +15.2% | Pro | Pro | 1.81% | £2.5B | Free account |
| First Trust Nasdaq Pharmaceuticals ETFFirst Trust | Passive | 7.77% | +48.4% | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| Tareno Sustainable Healthcare FundTareno | Active | 7.60% | +11.8% | Pro | Pro | 0.92% | £139.2M | Free account |
| Pru FRIA AXA Framlington Health PnPru | Not classified | 7.21% | n/a | Pro | Pro | n/a | £469K | Free account |
| Candriam Equities L OncologyCandriam | Active | 6.65% | +25.0% | Pro | Pro | 1.94% | £1.2B | Free account |
| CastleArk Large Growth ETFCastleArk | Passive | 5.46% | n/a | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| RiverPark Long/Short Opportunity FundRiverPark | Not classified | 5.27% | +2.1% | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| J.P. Morgan Mansart MSCI Canada FundJ.P. Morgan Mansart Management | Passive | 4.87% | +16.7% | Pro | Pro | 0.50% | £1.1B | Free account |
| Global Equity Sustainable HealthcareHSBC | Active | 4.84% | +10.7% | Pro | Pro | 1.10% | £222.6M | Free account |
| Us Equity Fundamental GrowthAmundi | Active | 4.65% | −3.6% | Pro | Pro | 0.86% | £2.2B | Free account |
| US SELECT GrowthEdgewood L Select | Active | 4.52% | −14.8% | Pro | Pro | 1.92% | £1.2B | Free account |
| AMCAPCapital | Not classified | 4.41% | n/a | Pro | Pro | n/a | £72.5B | Free account |
| US High Profitability ETFDimensional | Passive | 4.40% | n/a | Pro | Pro | 0.19% | n/a | Free account |
| apo Medical OpportunitiesIPConcept | Active | 4.39% | +12.6% | Pro | Pro | 1.76% | £554.6M | Free account |
| NYLI U.S. Large Cap R&D Leaders ETFIndex IQ | Passive | 4.23% | n/a | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| WisdomTree BioRevolution FundWisdomTree | Not classified | 4.08% | +58.5% | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| ARK Genomic Revolution ETFARK Invest | Active | 3.96% | +97.8% | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| Allianz Global Artificial IntelligenceAllianz Global Investors | Active | 3.94% | +26.8% | Pro | Pro | 1.10% | £6.6B | Free account |
| iShares Future Exponential Technologies ETFBlackRock | Passive | 3.92% | +17.8% | Pro | Pro | 0.47% | n/a | Free account |
| Capital Group Core Equity ETFCapital Advisors | Passive | 3.68% | n/a | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETFBlackRock | Passive | 3.66% | +17.3% | Pro | Pro | 0.15% | n/a | Free account |
| Julius Baer Global Excellence EquityThree Rock Capital Management | Active | 3.54% | +1.3% | Pro | Pro | 1.47% | £2.4B | Free account |
| VanEck MSCI International Quality ETFVanEck | Passive | 3.52% | +17.1% | Pro | Pro | 0.40% | n/a | Free account |
| UBS Factor MSCI USA Quality Screened UCITS ETFUBS | Passive | 3.45% | +10.4% | Pro | Pro | 0.28% | £842.5M | Free account |
| US Forty FundJanus Henderson Investors | Active | 3.41% | +7.3% | Pro | Pro | 2.17% | £1.1B | Free account |
| T. Rowe Price Growth Stock ETFT.Rowe Price | Passive | 3.41% | n/a | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| Xtrackers MSCI USA ESG UCITS ETFDWS | Passive | 3.41% | +3.9% | Pro | Pro | 0.20% | £7.0B | Free account |
| UBS MSCI USA Climate Paris Aligned UCITS ETFUBS | Passive | 3.39% | +15.7% | Pro | Pro | 0.09% | £98.6M | Free account |
| DJE - Dividende & SubstanzDJE Investment | Active | 3.27% | +10.5% | Pro | Pro | 1.67% | £1.2B | Free account |
| Amundi Smart Overnight ReturnAmundi | Passive | 3.19% | +2.2% | Pro | Pro | 0.09% | £16.4B | Free account |
| iShares Paris-Aligned Climate MSCI USA ETFBlackRock | Passive | 3.09% | +11.0% | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| American MutualCapital | Not classified | 3.08% | n/a | Pro | Pro | n/a | £83.9B | Free account |
| Mirova Global Sustainable EquityNatixis Investment Managers | Active | 3.07% | +5.4% | Pro | Pro | 0.81% | £4.3B | Free account |
Weight is the share of each fund in this company. Returns are GBP, to month end. FE quartile compares a fund with its FE sector over the same year. Fund size is in GBP. Source: FE fundinfo. Past performance is not a reliable guide to future returns.
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Source: FE fundinfo. Holdings are each fund’s ten largest positions as reported, so a fund can have more of this company than shown or none at all. Returns are GBP to month end unless stated. Past performance is not a reliable guide to future returns. Capital is at risk. Information only, not advice or a recommendation.
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