Freeport-McMoRan’s stock has extended last year’s 95% increase.
Thanks;Philip van Doorn
Published: Jan 9, 2017 4:10 a.m. ET
The benchmark S&P 500 Index has produced a 1.7% return in this year’s first week of trading
Fully updated with market close information.
After the S&P 500 returned 12%, with dividends reinvested, in 2016, the benchmark index is up 1.7% this year.
All 11 sectors of the S&P 500 SPX, -0.09% are up so far in 2017, with health care the best performer, rising 2.9%. The weakest sector is utilities, which has eked out a gain of 0.5%.
And despite the pain for several large retailers suffering holiday-sales declines, the consumer-discretionary sector is up 2.3% on reports of the best overall holiday sales in years.
Here are the 10 S&P 500 stocks that have gained the most so far this year:
Company Ticker Industry Price increase – 2017 Total return – 2016
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. ALXN, -0.27% Biotechnology 17% -36%
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. FCX, -0.40% Precious Metals 13% 95%
Arconic Inc. ARNC, -0.82% Aluminum 11% N/A
Frontier Communications Corp. FTR, -1.87% Telecommunications 11% -20%
Mattel Inc. MAT, -0.07% Recreational Products 11% 6%
Illumina Inc. ILMN, -0.24% Biotechnology 11% -33%
TripAdvisor Inc. TRIP, -0.20% Consumer Services 9% -46%
NRG Energy Inc. NRG, -0.07% Electric Utilities 9% 6%
AmerisourceBergen Corp. ABC, +1.19% Medical Distributors 8% -23%
Total System Services Inc. TSS, +1.77% Data Processing Services 8% -1%
Source: FactSet
Here are the 10 S&P 500 stocks with the largest declines so far this year:
Company Ticker Industry Price decline – 2017 Total return – 2016
Xerox Corp. XRX, -0.14% Commercial Services -20% -15%
Kohl’s Corp. KSS, -0.72% Department Stores -16% 8%
Macy’s Inc. M, -0.26% Department Stores -14% 7%
L Brands Inc. LB, +0.67% Apparel/ Footwear Retal -7% -27%
Signet Jewelers Ltd. SIG, -1.44% Specialty Stores -6% -23%
Southwestern Energy Co. SWN, -3.02% Oil and Gas Production -5% 52%
Nordstrom Inc. JWN, +0.18% Apparel/ Footwear Retail -5% -1%
Tesoro Corp. TSO, -2.05% Oil Refining/ Marketing -4% -15%
Kroger Co. KR, -0.79% Food Retail -4% -16%
Urban Outfitters Inc. URBN, -1.86% Apparel/ Footwear Retail -4% 25%
Source: FactSet
