Here’s another way I ranked sectors which give a different list of stocks. These tables show the top 10 sectors by the percentage of stocks that are within 5% of their 52-week high. The boring ...

The S&P 500(SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) plunged roughly 19.4%, marking its worst performance since the major meltdown in 2008. Utilities stocks, though, delivered a total return of 1.57% including dividends.

US stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) slide lower at Monday's market open — one of the last full trading days of 2024 — with the Nasdaq Composite dropping by over 1.3%. As the trading year comes to a ...

The consumer discretionary sector is top-heavy. At the end of 2024, Amzon.com Inc. (AMZN) made up 37% of the sector's market cap, while Tesla made up 21%. Amazon's stock was up 5% for 2025 through ...

As of July 31, 2025, here are the largest SPY holdings by weight: The top 25 stocks in the S&P 500 by index weight are ...

If that trend continues, it's unlikely the consumer staples, energy, real estate, healthcare, or materials sectors will beat the S&P 500 in 2025.

(Reuters) -The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite rose on Monday to more than one-week highs, boosted by a rally in semiconductor stocks and a report that suggested the incoming Trump administration ...

The tech sector, driven by some of the world’s largest companies—Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla, also known as the Magnificent 7—has fuelled the markets for about ...

BTIG analyst Jonathan Krinsky said in a note that the energy sector has gone from “worst to first” thanks to notable strength in natural gas stocks, which are “showing clear leadership” as the ...

Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre, who also hosts of Yahoo Finance's Stocks in Translation podcast, outlines what investors need to know about cyclical and defensive sectors. Catch ...