The S&P 500 broke above its highs from last week today, which confirms a continuation of the uptrend that started back on March 9th. Since then, the S&P 500 is up 25.5%. Five sectors have outperformed the overall market since March 9th, while five have underperformed. Financials are up the most at 60.3%, followed by Consumer Discretionary (36.3%), Industrials (34.4%), Materials (32.1%), and Technology (29.8%). All of the outperforming sectors are cyclical in nature. Health Care has rallied the least at just 11.9%. Consumer Staples, Energy, Utilities, and Telecom are the other four sectors that have underperformed the S&P 500 during the rally.
In the S&P 500, 492 stocks are up since March 9th, while just 8 are down. A fifth of the index is up more than 50%, and 18 names are up more than 100%! Below are the 25 best performing S&P 500 stocks since the March 9th low.
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