NEW YORK, March 8 (Reuters) - In two years since hitting
1996 lows, U.S. stocks have recovered with a speed not seen
since the Great Depression.
The financial sector of the Standard & Poor's 500 index, which led the declines after credit ground to a halt in 2008 and banks wrote down billions of dollars, has also been the best performer in the past two years. Five of the 10 major S&P 500 sectors have more than doubled.
Following is a table ranking the performance, in terms of percentage change, of major U.S. stock indexes since their close on March 9, 2009.
The five best- and worst-performing companies during the same period that are currently in the Dow industrials are also listed.
PCT CHANGE INDEX / Subindex (Company) Since 3/9/09 _____________________________________________________________
RUSSELL 2000 140.24 NASDAQ COMPOSITE 118.01 _____________________________________________________________
S&P 500 INDEX 95.38 _____________________________________________________________
S&P Financials 169.27
S&P Consumer Discretionary 145.07
S&P Industrials 141.27
S&P Materials 121.68
S&P Information Technology 112.73
S&P Energy 83.94
S&P Consumer Staples 53.38
S&P Health Care 50.62
S&P Utilities 43.86
S&P Telecom Services 43.28 _____________________________________________________________
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE 86.56 _____________________________________________________________
FIVE BEST-PERFORMING DOW COMPONENTS
Caterpillar Inc 335.33
American Express 325.19
Bank of America Corp 291.73
DuPont Co 236.18
Alcoa Inc 205.94
FIVE WORST-PERFORMING DOW COMPONENTS
Cisco Systems Inc 33.77
AT&T Inc 31.03
Exxon Mobil Corp 31.02
Johnson & Johnson 30.28
Wal-Mart Stores Inc 10.38
Source: Reuters data
(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Kenneth Barry) Keywords: USA STOCKS/PERFORMANCE
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The financial sector of the Standard & Poor's 500 index, which led the declines after credit ground to a halt in 2008 and banks wrote down billions of dollars, has also been the best performer in the past two years. Five of the 10 major S&P 500 sectors have more than doubled.
Following is a table ranking the performance, in terms of percentage change, of major U.S. stock indexes since their close on March 9, 2009.
The five best- and worst-performing companies during the same period that are currently in the Dow industrials are also listed.
PCT CHANGE INDEX / Subindex (Company) Since 3/9/09 _____________________________________________________________
RUSSELL 2000 140.24 NASDAQ COMPOSITE 118.01 _____________________________________________________________
S&P 500 INDEX 95.38 _____________________________________________________________
S&P Financials 169.27
S&P Consumer Discretionary 145.07
S&P Industrials 141.27
S&P Materials 121.68
S&P Information Technology 112.73
S&P Energy 83.94
S&P Consumer Staples 53.38
S&P Health Care 50.62
S&P Utilities 43.86
S&P Telecom Services 43.28 _____________________________________________________________
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE 86.56 _____________________________________________________________
FIVE BEST-PERFORMING DOW COMPONENTS
Caterpillar Inc 335.33
American Express 325.19
Bank of America Corp 291.73
DuPont Co 236.18
Alcoa Inc 205.94
FIVE WORST-PERFORMING DOW COMPONENTS
Cisco Systems Inc 33.77
AT&T Inc 31.03
Exxon Mobil Corp 31.02
Johnson & Johnson 30.28
Wal-Mart Stores Inc 10.38
Source: Reuters data
(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Kenneth Barry) Keywords: USA STOCKS/PERFORMANCE
COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2011. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.