# Industry Summary

A companion to the [Sector Summary](https://help.stockcharts.com/charts-and-tools/research-tools/sector-summary) page, the Industry Summary helps you quickly find the best-performing industries.

## Accessing the Industry Summary <a href="#accessing_the_industry_summary" id="accessing_the_industry_summary"></a>

You can access the Industry Summary from either the **Member Tools** area of [Your Dashboard](https://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/Favorites.CServlet) or the **Summary Pages** section of the [Charts & Tools](https://stockcharts.com/freecharts/) page. A link to this page is at the bottom of the [Sector Summary](https://help.stockcharts.com/charts-and-tools/research-tools/sector-summary).

## Using the Industry Summary <a href="#using_the_industry_summary" id="using_the_industry_summary"></a>

The **Industry Summary** page shows the performance data for each industry over the selected period. The following periods are supported:

* Intraday (members only)
* End-of-Day
* One week
* One month
* Three months
* Six months
* Year to Date
* One year

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Note:** John Murphy recommends starting with three months and subsequently adjusting up or down based on your trading style.
{% endhint %}

The Industry Summary offers two views—**Table View**, which provides a compact look at the data, and **Chart View**, which displays half-size charts and tabular industry data. You can switch between these two views by clicking the Table View or Chart View tabs at the top of the page.

### Table View <a href="#table_view" id="table_view"></a>

Each table shows the industry index's symbol with the latest price, the change since the previous close (in numeric and histogram format), and a [SCTR score](https://help.stockcharts.com/charts-and-tools/research-tools/stockcharts-technical-rank-sctr-reports). The data is updated continually during market hours.

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The menu in the left column lets you choose how you want the symbol displayed—[SharpChart](https://help.stockcharts.com/charts-and-tools/sharpcharts), [ACP Chart](https://help.stockcharts.com/charts-and-tools/stockchartsacp), [Gallery View](https://help.stockcharts.com/charts-and-tools/other-charting-tools/galleryview), [Point & Figure](https://help.stockcharts.com/charts-and-tools/other-charting-tools/p-and-f-charts), or [Seasonality](https://help.stockcharts.com/charts-and-tools/other-charting-tools/seasonality-charts) chart. Some industries also have icons to launch a [MarketCarpet](https://help.stockcharts.com/charts-and-tools/other-charting-tools/marketcarpets) or [PerfChart](https://help.stockcharts.com/charts-and-tools/other-charting-tools/interactive-perfcharts) of stocks in that industry.

Clicking on the name of an industry will display a list of all stocks in that industry.

#### **Additional List Functionality**

The Industry Summary tables have the same functionality as most of the lists on our site:

* You can click the Columns button at the top to show or hide columns in the list.
* To sort by a different column, click the double-arrow icon next to the column header.
* To sort by multiple columns (e.g., sort by column A and then, within each value for A, sort by column B), click the first column, then hold down the shift key while selecting the second column.
* You can also search the items in the list by typing in the Search Table box at the top right.

### Chart View <a href="#chart_view" id="chart_view"></a>

In Chart View, each section shows the industry index's symbol with the latest price and the change since the previous close. The data is updated continually during market hours.

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On the left side of each section is a half-size chart of the currently selected industry index. Click the right table to view the half-size chart for a different industry.

Click the appropriate icon below the chart to launch a full-size [SharpChart](https://help.stockcharts.com/charts-and-tools/sharpcharts), [ACP Chart](https://help.stockcharts.com/charts-and-tools/stockchartsacp), [Gallery View](https://help.stockcharts.com/charts-and-tools/other-charting-tools/galleryview), [Point & Figure](https://help.stockcharts.com/charts-and-tools/other-charting-tools/p-and-f-charts), and [Seasonality](https://help.stockcharts.com/charts-and-tools/other-charting-tools/seasonality-charts) chart. Some industries have [MarketCarpet](https://help.stockcharts.com/charts-and-tools/other-charting-tools/marketcarpets) or [PerfChart](https://help.stockcharts.com/charts-and-tools/other-charting-tools/interactive-perfcharts) of stocks in that industry.

Clicking on the **Industry Members** icon will display a list of all stocks in that industry.

#### **Industry Summary Style**

StockCharts members can customize the settings and indicators used for the half-size charts in the Industry Summary by creating a [ChartStyle](https://help.stockcharts.com/charts-and-tools/sharpcharts/chartstyles-and-stylebuttons) with a specific name. If your account has a ChartStyle named **Industry Summary**, it will be used instead of the default style when displaying charts in the Chart View of the Industry Summary.

To change how charts on the Industry Summary page look, create a chart that looks how you want it to, then save it as a ChartStyle with **Industry Summary** as its name. Visit the Chart View of the Industry Summary page, and you should now see your new settings/indicators on the charts.

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