First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund
FBT NYSE Arca
First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund tracks an equal-weighted index of 30 US biotechnology stocks
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- Fund size
- 1.68B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.56% per year
- Dividend yield
- 0.00% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 21.7% Above Average
- Beta
- 0.76 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 186.67273.91
How FBT has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 14Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, FBT returned +40.9% with dividends reinvested — dividends added 0.0 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±22% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −14.3% on Mar 27, 2026 — 64 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 27% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.76 means FBT has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average264.89 −0.7%
- 26-day average265.89 −1.1%
- 50-day average262.73 +0.1%
- 200-day average234.52 +12.1%
The price is above 2 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Health Care · Biotech — tracking the NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index.
- Assets under management1.68BUSD
- Expense ratio0.56%per year
- Holdings30
- Risk score6.1Medium
Launched June 2006. Listed options available. Fund data as of Feb 27, 2020.
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About First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund
First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund tracks an equal-weighted index of 30 US biotechnology stocks
- Featured in 3 curated themes
- 30 holdings
- Ticker
- FBT
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US33733E2037
- CUSIP
- 33733E203
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Health Care
- Industry
- Biotech
- Benchmark
- NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 14, 2026
Dataas of Feb 27, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.