The munKNEE Pure-Play Pot Stock Index was down 4.1% for the week ending December 11th with 15 of the 25 constituents going DOWN by 5% or more  and 3 going UP marginally (just 1.4% on average). In addition, all 3 of the index categories also went DOWN in price. The details are as follows:

Index Performance

The constituents in the Index operate in 3 categories based on their primary area of focus in the cannabis industry and the constituents within each category are identified below with how each of the categories did along with those stocks within each category that changed price by 5% or more:

1. The Vertically Integrated (i.e. Seed-to-Sale) Category went down 3.9%. The category consists of  22 index constituents that grow, process, and sell cannabis and hemp flower and related products.
   • The Canadian Licensed Producer (LPs) Sub-Category went  down 7.4% with 6 of the 7 constituents within the category going DOWN by +5%, namely:
     1. Tilray (TLRY) -9.7%
     2. Aurora (ACB) -8.4%
     3. Cronos (CRON) -7.8%
     4. Canopy (CGC) -7.2%
     5. Aphria (APHA) -6.1%
     6. Organigram (OGI) -5.5%
   • The U.S. Non-Hemp Multi-State Operator (MSOs) Sub-Category went down 1.6% with 4 of the 13 index constituents in the category going DOWN +5% or more, as follows:
     1. Acreage (ACRDF & ACRHF) -11.3% on average
     2. Cresco (CRLBF) -7.5%
     3. Jushi (JUSHF) -5.2%
   • The Hemp Seed-to-Sale MSO Sub-Category went down 11.4% with both of the index constituents in the category going down +5%, namely:
     1. Charlotte's Web (CWBHF) -13.3%
     2. cbdMD (YCBD) -8.0%
2. The Extraction Category went down 5.9%, This category focuses on the extraction of cannabis compounds and their infusion into consumer products, with both index constituents within the category going down +5%, namely:
   1. Valens (VLNCF) -9.9%
   • Neptune (NEPT) -9.3%
3. The Consumption Devices Category went down 9.5%. This category has only one index constituent, Greenlane (GNLN), which is focused on developing and selling personal consumption devices for cannabis consumers, such as vape pens and inhalers.

Further details regarding the equal-weighted munKNEE Pure-Play Pot Stock Index are as follows:

• The 25 pure-play constituents in the Index are just that, pure, deriving 100% of their revenue from the sale of cannabis or cannabis-related products.
  • Unlike every marijuana ETF and every other cannabis tracking index, the Index excludes "wanna-be" companies that currently generate little, if any, of their total revenue from the cannabis industry so as to reflect the true health of the marijuana industry in the U.S. and Canada.
  • The average market capitalization of the 25 constituents in the Index is US$1.5B.
    • 10 constituents have market caps ranging between $1.0B and $10.0B;
    • 4 have market caps between $500M and $999M and
    • 11 constituents have market caps ranging between $100M and $499M