XLU ucits alternative: SXLU
BestFolio maps XLU to SXLU as a exact match European-listed alternative, with ISIN IE00BWBXMB69. Eligibility depends on the investor's jurisdiction, broker and account type.
US to European mapping
Original US-listed ETF ticker used in strategy rules and backtests.
State Street SPDR S&P U.S. Utilities Select Sector UCITS ETF USD
Euronext listing: SXLU.AS (Amsterdam)
Universal identifier to search at European brokers.
SXLU tracks the same index or exposure as XLU; wrapper, costs and income treatment can still differ.
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What is SXLU?
SXLU is State Street SPDR S&P U.S. Utilities Select Sector UCITS ETF USD, the European-listed product BestFolio uses when translating XLU. Most targets are UCITS ETFs; some commodity and leveraged targets are UCITS-eligible ETCs or ETPs instead. Product structure and retail eligibility must be checked for the exact ISIN.
US exposure: Utilities Select Sector. European exposure: S&P Utilities Select Sector Daily Capped 35/20. Same underlying index and leverage. Accumulating; fund currency USD; primary London Stock Exchange, USD. TER 0.15% p.a.; size EUR 163m. Tracking exception: 60 completed months, correlation 0.973, CAGR gap -0.62 pp/year. The UCITS sector weight caps can bind; same index family and daily leverage remain verified. Sources: issuer and justETF, checked 2026-10-07; https://www.justetf.com/en/etf-profile.html?isin=IE00BWBXMB69 The source ticker has 1x exposure and the mapped target has 1x exposure, so BestFolio can flag leverage differences during allocation translation.
Where XLU is used on BestFolio
XLU appears in 4 currently published BestFolio strategy universes or signal rules.
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