(Updates story with March 2 closing prices.)
U.S. stocks came roaring back Monday, breaking a seven-day losing streak after the S&P 500 Index hit its last closing record Feb. 19.
Investors jumped on buying opportunities. The benchmark S&P 500 SPX, +4.60% shot up 4.6%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +5.09% did even better, adding 1,294 points (or 5.1%) to close at 26,703.32. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, +4.49% climbed 4.5%.
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Among the S&P 500, 467 stocks showed gains on Monday (March 2). Here are the 10 best for the day:
| Company | Ticker | Price change – March 2, 2020 | Price change since Feb. 19 | Decline from 52-week high | Price change – 2020 | Price change – 2019 |
| Costco Wholesale Corp. | COST, +9.96% | 10.0% | -4.3% | -5.0% | 5.2% | 44.3% |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL, +9.31% | 9.3% | -7.7% | -8.9% | 1.8% | 86.2% |
| S&P Global Inc. | SPGI, +8.80% | 9.2% | -6.6% | -7.2% | 6.4% | 60.7% |
| Crown Castle International Corp. | CCI, +9.04% | 9.0% | -5.7% | -7.4% | 9.9% | 30.9% |
| AES Corporation | AES, +8.91% | 8.9% | -12.9% | -14.2% | -8.4% | 37.6% |
| Cincinnati Financial Corp. | CINF, +8.71% | 8.7% | -10.3% | -14.2% | -3.6% | 35.8% |
| Gilead Sciences Inc. | GILD, +8.71% | 8.7% | 12.0% | -4.4% | 16.0% | 3.9% |
| Digital Realty Trust Inc. | DLR, +8.64% | 8.6% | -1.5% | -5.8% | 8.9% | 12.4% |
| Eversource Energy | ES, +8.28% | 8.3% | -0.7% | -5.8% | 10.1% | 30.8% |
| CVS Health Corp. | CVS, +8.20% | 8.2% | -10.8% | -16.9% | -13.8% | 13.4% |
| Source: FactSet | ||||||
You can click on the tickers for more about each company.
All 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended with large gains:
| Company | Ticker | Price change – March 2, 2020 | Price change since Feb. 19 | Decline from 52-week high | Price change – 2020 | Price change – 2019 |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL, +9.31% | 9.3% | -7.7% | -8.9% | 1.8% | 86.2% |
| Walmart Inc. | WMT, +7.62% | 7.6% | -1.5% | -7.6% | -2.5% | 27.6% |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc. | UNH, +7.12% | 7.1% | -10.5% | -11.0% | -7.1% | 18.0% |
| Merck & Co. Inc. | MRK, +6.28% | 6.3% | -0.8% | -12.2% | -10.5% | 19.0% |
| Verizon Communications Inc. | VZ, +5.83% | 5.8% | -1.5% | -7.9% | -6.6% | 9.2% |
| Travelers Companies Inc. | TRV, +6.57% | 6.6% | -5.1% | -17.7% | -6.8% | 14.4% |
| Procter & Gamble Co. | PG, +5.59% | 5.6% | -4.7% | -6.7% | -4.3% | 35.9% |
| Microsoft Corp. | MSFT, +6.65% | 6.7% | -7.7% | -9.4% | 9.6% | 55.3% |
| Visa Inc. Class A | V, +5.82% | 5.8% | -9.8% | -10.2% | 2.4% | 42.4% |
| Boeing Co. | BA, +5.15% | 5.1% | -14.5% | -35.1% | -11.2% | 1.0% |
| Home Depot Inc. | HD, +5.55% | 5.6% | -5.6% | -7.0% | 5.3% | 27.1% |
| Exxon Mobil Corp. | XOM, +4.74% | 4.7% | -10.7% | -35.5% | -22.8% | 2.3% |
| Coca-Cola Co. | KO, +4.54% | 4.5% | -6.4% | -7.0% | 1.0% | 16.9% |
| Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. | WBA, +5.14% | 5.1% | -7.6% | -33.1% | -18.4% | -13.7% |
| Pfizer Inc. | PFE, +4.37% | 4.4% | -3.7% | -21.7% | -11.0% | -10.2% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | JPM, +4.66% | 4.7% | -11.6% | -13.9% | -12.8% | 42.8% |
| Intel Corp. | INTC, +4.79% | 4.8% | -13.3% | -16.0% | -2.8% | 27.5% |
| Nike Inc. Class B | NKE, +3.69% | 3.7% | -9.5% | -12.3% | -8.5% | 36.6% |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ, +4.12% | 4.1% | -6.0% | -9.4% | -4.0% | 13.0% |
| McDonald’s Corp. | MCD, +4.32% | 4.3% | -6.1% | -8.7% | 2.5% | 11.3% |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | GS, +4.33% | 4.3% | -11.7% | -16.4% | -8.9% | 37.6% |
| Chevron Corp. | CVX, +3.48% | 3.5% | -12.8% | -24.1% | -19.8% | 10.8% |
| American Express Co. | AXP, +3.58% | 3.6% | -16.8% | -17.6% | -8.5% | 30.6% |
| International Business Machines Corp. | IBM, +3.19% | 3.2% | -11.0% | -15.4% | 0.2% | 17.9% |
| Caterpillar Inc. | CAT, +2.70% | 2.7% | -6.8% | -15.2% | -13.6% | 16.2% |
| Cisco Systems Inc. | CSCO, +3.11% | 3.1% | -11.1% | -29.3% | -14.2% | 10.7% |
| United Technologies Corp. | UTX, +2.66% | 2.7% | -11.0% | -15.4% | -10.5% | 40.6% |
| 3M Co. | MMM, +2.53% | 2.5% | -4.0% | -30.4% | -13.3% | -7.4% |
| Dow Inc. | DOW, +2.50% | 2.5% | -12.9% | -31.6% | -24.3% | N/A |
| Walt Disney Co. | DIS, +1.98% | 2.0% | -15.1% | -21.8% | -17.1% | 31.9% |
| Source: FactSet | ||||||
Here are the top 10 performers among the components of the Nasdaq-100 Index NDX, +4.92% :
| Company | Ticker | Price change – March 2, 2020 | Price change since Feb. 19 | Decline from 52-week high | Price change – 2019 | Price change – 2020 |
| JD.com Inc. ADR Class A | JD | 12.4% | -10.3% | 0.5% | 68.3% | 22.9% |
| Tesla Inc | TSLA | 11.3% | -27.2% | -23.3% | 25.7% | 77.8% |
| Costco Wholesale Corp. | COST | 10.0% | -13.0% | -5.0% | 44.3% | 5.2% |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL | 9.3% | -15.5% | -8.9% | 86.2% | 1.8% |
| Gilead Sciences Inc. | GILD | 8.7% | 3.0% | -4.4% | 3.9% | 16.0% |
| Western Digital Corp. | WDC | 8.1% | -20.1% | -16.6% | 71.7% | -5.4% |
| Ansys Inc. | ANSS | 6.9% | -18.2% | -13.5% | 80.1% | 0.5% |
| Microsoft Corp. | MSFT | 6.7% | -13.5% | -9.4% | 55.3% | 9.6% |
| Biogen Inc. | BIIB | 6.3% | -9.6% | -12.6% | -1.4% | 10.5% |
| Amgen Inc. | AMGN | 6.2% | -10.4% | -13.4% | 23.8% | -12.0% |
| Source: FactSet | ||||||
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