Fidelity Investments·2026-06-26·via All Articles on Seeking Alpha
Summary
Fidelity Select Materials Portfolio is a sector-based equity-focused strategy that seeks to outperform its benchmark through active management.
For the quarter, the fund's Retail Class shares advanced 12.06%, outpacing the 9.07% rise of the MSCI U.S. IMI Materials 25/50 Linked Index.
A big overweight in LyondellBasell Industries, which gained about 90% the past three months, was the fund's top relative contributor.
The fund's picks in the copper and fertilizers & agricultural chemicals groups were, by industry, the biggest detractors from the fund's performance versus the index.
The fund's top industry overweight at the end of Q1 was commodity chemicals, and management increased holdings in the segment, including establishing a new position in Westlake.
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Market Review
For the three months, the materials sector, as measured by the MSCI U.S. IMI Materials 25/50 Linked Index, gained 9.07%, while the broad-based S&P 500® index returned -4.33%.