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Communication Services Sector: News Highlight, Sentiment and Fundamentals
Wed. Oct 22, 2025

The price action of Communication Services (XLC) sector is shaped by numerous forces, ranging from broad macroeconomic trends to company-specific performance and market structure. The overall sentiment for Communication Services sector is very positive (overall 1.9, positive 2.5, negative -0.6) on 20251022. The forces of Price Level (2), Option Speculation (1.5), Sentiment towards Fundamentals (1.3), Sector Price Trend (0.1), and Broad Market Trend (-0.2) will drive up the price. The forces of Valuation Sentiment (-1), and Market Risk Prefrence (0) will drive down the price.

'Buy the dips' is the preferred trading strategy. Hourly SMA 20 trend line is likely to provide a support from any pullbacks. The swing to upside will be significant considering the high positive sentiment forces (2.5).

The sentiment for Broad Market Trend is calculated based on SPY trend. The sentiment for Sector Price Trend is calculated based on XLC trend. The sentiment for Option Speculation is calculated from put/call ratio. The Risk Prefrence is calculated from Bitcoin price trend. Price Level sentiment is positive when oversold, and negative when overbought. Valuation Sentiment, and Sentimentals towards Fundamentals are extracted from headlines and market commentary. All sentiment scores are normalized on a -10 - +10 scale.


DateAttentionAverage
Attention
PricePrice
Level
ChangeSMA10
Trend
Market
Sentiment
Trend
Sentiment
FundamentalsNews
Sentiment
2025-10-221%      0.3%      115.67      46      -0.84%      0%      0.7      0      1.3      -0.6     
2025-10-210%      0.1%      116.65      61      0.37%      0.09%      1.4      0.6      1.6      0.5     
2025-10-201%      0.3%      116.22      52      1.15%      -0.09%      1.2      0.4      1.8      0.3     
2025-10-190%      0.1%      1.5      0.4      2.1      0     
2025-10-180%      0.1%      1.5      0.4      2.2      0     
2025-10-170%      0.1%      114.9      30      0.62%      -0.09%      1.5      0.4      2.2      8     
2025-10-160%      0.1%      114.19      17      -1.04%      -0.26%      0.8      -0.3      1.9      0     
2025-10-150%      0.1%      115.4      31      0.7%      -0.09%      0.6      -0.1      1.6      5.5     
2025-10-141%      0.1%      114.59      18      0.67%      -0.35%      0.6      -0.4      1.5      6.3     
2025-10-130%      0%      113.83      3      0.9%      -0.34%      0.4      -0.5      1.6      6     
 
Both emotion scores and sentiment scores are calculated in a -10 - +10 scale.
The price level reaches 100 at Bollinger upper band, and zero at lower band.

 
1 (-4) Meta's AI Shakeup: 600 Jobs Cut To Speed Up Progress Meta will eliminate 600 roles in its AI division as part of an effort to streamline operations and become more agile. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Wed. Oct 22, 2025
2 (-2) Reddit Sues Perplexity, Others Over Alleged Data Scraping Reddit Inc. sued Perplexity AI Inc. and three other companies over alleged data scraping from the discussion site without permission, a sign of the growing demand and value of original data in the burgeoning AI industry. (https://www.bloomberg.com/) Wed. Oct 22, 2025
3 (-2) Meta cutting 600 AI jobs even as it continues to hire more for its superintelligence lab Meta Platforms is cutting roughly 600 artificial intelligence jobs even as it continues to hire more workers for its superintelligence lab, the company confirmed on Wednesday. Axios first reported the cuts, which will affect Meta’s Fundamental AI Research, or FAIR unit, as well as product-related AI and AI infrastructure units. Citing a memo sent to workers by chief AI officer Alexandr Wang, Axios said the company is encouraging employees affected to apply for other jobs at Meta, with most expected to find other roles. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Wed. Oct 22, 2025
4 (-4) Meta Cutting Roughly 600 AI Jobs as Company Aims to Move Faster Meta Platforms Inc. is cutting approximately 600 jobs from the company’s artificial intelligence unit, Meta Superintelligence Labs, as it aims to move more quickly in the competitive AI race. (https://www.bloomberg.com/) Wed. Oct 22, 2025
5 (-4) Dow's 118-point fall led by losses in shares of Verizon, Salesforce Behind negative returns for shares of Verizon and Salesforce, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is declining Wednesday morning. The Dow Dow Jones Industrial Average was most recently trading 118 points, or 0.3%, lower, as shares of Verizon Verizon Communications Inc. and Salesforce Salesforce Inc. have contributed to the index's intraday decline. (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Wed. Oct 22, 2025
 
6 (5) AT&T Gains Wireless Subscribers As iPhone Promotions Fuel Growth AT&T reported $30.71B in revenues, a 1.6% increase from last year but lower than expected. The company attracted more wireless subscribers due to iPhone launch and promotions. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Wed. Oct 22, 2025
7 (7) AT&T shows off another big boost in subscribers. Here’s what to know. The company has made a push to offer more customers both fiber and wireless services and says the move is paying off. Analysts will be monitoring the impact of promotions. (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Wed. Oct 22, 2025
8 (5) Warner Brothers is putting the full company on the auction block. How much a sale may go for Wall Street analysts believe that bids to buy Warner Bros. Discovery could range between $21 to $30 apiece. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Tue. Oct 21, 2025
9 (-4) Warner Bros. Discovery's HBO Max is raising its prices across all plans The price hikes for HBO Max follows similar shifts from Disney+, Apple TV and Netflix this year. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Tue. Oct 21, 2025


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