NYSE Arca · XLB · ETF

State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLB) ETF price history

Every NYSE Arca trading session of State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF from Dec 22, 1998 to Sep 28, 2026: 6,983 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Jul 13, 2026 forward. The full series is served by the API: a free key covers the last year, paid plans the whole history and minute bars.

XLB adjusted close, 1998 to 2026

XLBState Street Materials Select Sector
$49.47+12.9% over one year
200020052010201520202025
$53.67
All time high, 2026
$54.19
52 week high, $41.48 low
6,983
Daily sessions since 1998

Last updated Sep 28, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1998 to 2026 series and minute bars.

XLB key facts

  • State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLB) closed at $49.47 on Sep 28, 2026 on NYSE Arca.
  • XLB's all time high close is $53.67, set on Aug 26, 2026; its all time low close is $4.83 on Sep 27, 2000.
  • XLB's 52 week range is $41.48 to $54.19.
  • XLB returned +12.9% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and +34.8% over five years.
  • Over ten years XLB returned +152%, +9.7% a year compounded.
  • XLB's deepest drawdown was -59.8% from May 20, 2008 to Mar 2, 2009.
  • DataCedar holds 6,983 daily sessions of XLB history from Dec 22, 1998 and minute bars from Jul 13, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.

XLB price chart, 1998 to 2026

XLB adjusted close, Dec 22, 1998 to Sep 28, 2026$4.90$20.78$36.65$52.52200020052010201520202025
Adjusted daily close. 260 sampled points across the full history; the API serves every session.

XLB returns

Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Sep 28, 2026, on adjusted closes.

PeriodReturn
1 month-7.0%
3 months-4.1%
6 months+1.5%
Year to date+9.1%
1 year+12.9%
3 years+32.6%
5 years+34.8%
10 years+151.6%
Since Dec 22, 1998+768.4%
Compound annual growth, 27.8 years+8.1%

XLB records

Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.

All time high close
$53.67 on Aug 26, 2026
All time low close
$4.83 on Sep 27, 2000
52 week high
$54.19 on Aug 24, 2026
52 week low
$41.48 on Nov 4, 2025
Deepest drawdown
-59.8% from May 20, 2008 to Mar 2, 2009, recovered May 8, 2013
Best single session
+14.1% on Oct 13, 2008
Worst single session
-12.4% on Oct 15, 2008
Volatility, 1 year annualised
17.9%
Sessions closing higher, 1 year
50%
Growth of 1 since 1998
8.7×
Best calendar year
2009, +48%
Worst calendar year
2008, -44%

XLB price history by year

Open is the first session's open, high and low span the year, close is the last session's close, and the return is close over the previous year's close. 1998 starts on Dec 22, 1998; 2026 runs to Sep 28, 2026.

YearOpenHighLowCloseReturnVolumeSessions
2026$45.15$54.19$44.90$49.47+10.0%2.5B185
2025$41.11$45.76$35.72$44.98+9.9%3.1B250
2024$40.56$47.34$38.56$40.91+0.1%2.3B252
2023$36.39$41.21$34.97$40.85+12.5%3B250
2022$41.47$42.20$31.06$36.33-12.3%3.6B251
2021$32.79$41.64$31.43$41.42+27.4%3.5B252
2020$27.16$32.56$16.56$32.50+20.5%3.8B253
2019$21.42$27.07$21.19$26.98+24.1%3.2B252
2018$25.67$27.07$20.24$21.74-14.9%3.7B251
2017$20.65$25.68$20.56$25.54+24.0%2.2B251
2016$17.35$21.28$14.74$20.59+16.8%3B252
2015$19.31$20.76$15.65$17.63-8.7%2.8B252
2014$17.91$20.15$16.67$19.31+7.2%3B252
2013$14.63$18.01$14.19$18.01+26.0%3.2B252
2012$12.74$14.49$12.17$14.30+14.7%4.3B250
2011$14.14$15.09$10.26$12.47-10.9%7.1B252
2010$11.82$14.06$9.80$14.00+20.6%5.9B252
2009$7.89$11.87$6.14$11.61+48.2%4.9B252
2008$14.00$15.68$6.40$7.84-44.0%6.7B253
2007$11.47$14.68$11.18$14.00+22.1%3.3B251
2006$9.64$11.69$9.45$11.47+18.4%1.8B251
2005$9.33$10.02$8.23$9.69+4.1%1.1B252
2004$8.25$9.39$7.28$9.31+13.5%542.1M252
2003$6.03$8.30$5.12$8.20+37.4%232.5M252
2002$6.31$7.22$4.94$5.97-5.3%207.4M252
2001$6.27$7.13$4.99$6.31+2.1%47.8M248
2000$7.40$7.75$4.78$6.17-16.2%47.3M252
1999$6.00$7.82$5.70$7.37+22.9%35.8M252
1998$5.68$6.02$5.68$6.00n/a21.6K7

XLB monthly closes, last 12 months

MonthMonth end closeChange
September 2026$49.47-6.1%
August 2026$52.69+4.5%
July 2026$50.43-0.8%
June 2026$50.83-0.3%
May 2026$50.96-0.6%
April 2026$51.28+3.0%
March 2026$49.78-6.0%
February 2026$52.98+8.4%
January 2026$48.87+8.6%
December 2025$44.98+2.0%
November 2025$44.11+4.4%
October 2025$42.27-4.4%

About the XLB data

Daily bars. 6,983 sessions from Dec 22, 1998 to Sep 28, 2026, one row per NYSE Arca trading day with open, high, low, close and volume. Prices are adjusted for splits and cash dividends so the series is comparable across its whole length; the API also serves the raw, split only and dividend only views.

Minute bars. Stored from Jul 13, 2026 forward, most recent session Sep 28, 2026. Minute history is captured from the day collection began and is never backfilled, so this start date is exact. Five minute, fifteen minute and hourly bars are derived from these minutes.

Time and currency. Session dates are NYSE Arca trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in USD. Volume is shares traded on the session.

Get the data. The REST endpoint returns the daily series as JSON with pagination; a free key serves the last year, Quant and above the full history back to Dec 22, 1998, and minute bars come with the paid windows. It takes timeframe (1Min, 5Min, 15Min, 1Hour, 1Day), adjustment, start and end. See the bars endpoint and authentication, and pricing for the plan windows.

curl "https://api.datacedar.com/v3/stocks/XLB/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

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