{
  "id": "9fd2b22c-18ee-454e-b087-42d9002932c8",
  "answer": "Consumer Defensive company news is balanced across 174 current company readings across covered markets.",
  "status": "balanced",
  "as_of": "2026-08-19T03:39:24.963561+00:00",
  "period_end": "2026-08-19",
  "scope": "Consumer Defensive companies across covered global markets",
  "subject": {
    "type": "sector",
    "key": "sector:consumer-defensive",
    "name": "Consumer Defensive company news"
  },
  "coverage": {
    "country": null,
    "sector": "Consumer Defensive",
    "industry": null
  },
  "score": 53.8,
  "confidence": 53,
  "evidence_count": 8502,
  "independent_sources": 1815,
  "freshest_evidence": "2026-08-19T03:39:24.963561+00:00",
  "previous_read": 53.3,
  "change": 0.5,
  "method_version": "public-evidence-1",
  "facts": {
    "score": 53.8,
    "sector": "Consumer Defensive",
    "direction": "balanced",
    "news_count": 8502,
    "coverage_count": 174,
    "confidence_label": "building confidence"
  },
  "canonical_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/evidence/9fd2b22c-18ee-454e-b087-42d9002932c8/",
  "evidence_urls": [
    {
      "label": "Open sector sentiment",
      "url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/sectors/consumer-defensive/"
    },
    {
      "label": "Related market structure",
      "url": "https://sharemaestro.com/global/sectors/consumer-defensive/"
    }
  ],
  "related_research": null,
  "limitations": "This is a global group record; represented markets vary with current coverage.",
  "record_hash": "75a333c73872302d84c0286eea2d94446a77c3e4335b866f6566d26761de3a09",
  "citation": "Sharemaestro, Consumer Defensive company news, 2026-08-19, https://sharemaestro.com/evidence/9fd2b22c-18ee-454e-b087-42d9002932c8/"
}