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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 were jumping on buying opportunities. The benchmark S&P 500 SPX, +2.75% had risen 2.9% at noon Eastern time, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +3.07% had shot up 774 points (or 3.1%) to 26,183.79 points, and the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, +2.73% had added 2.9%.
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Here are the 10 best performers Monday (March 2) among the S&P 500 at noon ET:
| 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, +8.89% | 9.8% | -4.5% | -5.1% | 5.0% | 44.3% |
| Twitter Inc. | TWTR, +9.08% | 8.7% | -6.9% | -21.3% | 12.7% | 11.5% |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL, +6.52% | 7.3% | -9.4% | -10.6% | -0.1% | 86.2% |
| Gilead Sciences Inc. | GILD, +6.50% | 7.0% | 10.2% | -5.9% | 14.2% | 3.9% |
| Clorox Co. | CLX, +6.85% | 7.0% | 3.4% | -2.1% | 11.0% | -0.4% |
| Walmart Inc. | WMT, +6.49% | 6.8% | -2.3% | -8.3% | -3.3% | 27.6% |
| Equinix Inc. | EQIX, +6.62% | 6.7% | -5.1% | -7.0% | 4.7% | 65.6% |
| Western Digital Corp. | WDC, +6.46% | 6.6% | -14.8% | -17.7% | -6.6% | 71.7% |
| CVS Health Corp. | CVS, +5.62% | 6.1% | -12.5% | -18.5% | -15.5% | 13.4% |
| Crown Castle International Corp | CCI, +6.14% | 6.1% | -8.2% | -9.9% | 6.9% | 30.9% |
| Source: FactSet | ||||||
All 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up:
| 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, +6.52% | 7.3% | -9.4% | -10.6% | -0.1% | 86.2% |
| Walmart Inc. | WMT, +6.49% | 6.8% | -2.3% | -8.3% | -3.3% | 27.6% |
| Verizon Communications Inc. | VZ, +4.68% | 4.9% | -2.4% | -8.7% | -7.5% | 9.2% |
| Merck & Co. Inc. | MRK, +5.00% | 4.7% | -2.3% | -13.5% | -11.9% | 19.0% |
| Travelers Cos. Inc. | TRV, +4.39% | 4.5% | -6.9% | -19.3% | -8.6% | 14.4% |
| Visa Inc. Class A | V, +3.97% | 4.4% | -11.1% | -11.4% | 1.0% | 42.4% |
| Microsoft Corp. | MSFT, +3.80% | 4.1% | -10.0% | -11.6% | 6.9% | 55.3% |
| Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. | WBA, +3.64% | 3.6% | -9.0% | -34.1% | -19.6% | -13.7% |
| Exxon Mobil Corp. | XOM, +3.20% | 3.6% | -11.7% | -36.2% | -23.7% | 2.3% |
| Pfizer Inc. | PFE, +3.31% | 3.5% | -4.5% | -22.4% | -11.7% | -10.2% |
| Home Depot Inc. | HD, +3.38% | 3.5% | -7.5% | -8.9% | 3.2% | 27.1% |
| Boeing Co. | BA, +4.47% | 3.3% | -16.0% | -36.3% | -12.8% | 1.0% |
| Procter & Gamble Co. | PG, +3.52% | 3.2% | -6.8% | -8.7% | -6.4% | 35.9% |
| Coca-Cola Co. | KO, +2.84% | 2.9% | -7.9% | -8.5% | -0.6% | 16.9% |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ, +2.45% | 2.6% | -7.4% | -10.7% | -5.5% | 13.0% |
| 3M Co. | MMM, +2.18% | 2.5% | -4.0% | -30.4% | -13.3% | -7.4% |
| Intel Corp. | INTC, +2.83% | 2.4% | -15.2% | -17.9% | -5.0% | 27.5% |
| McDonald’s Corp. | MCD, +2.88% | 2.4% | -7.8% | -10.4% | 0.6% | 11.3% |
| Chevron Corp. | CVX, +2.34% | 2.4% | -13.7% | -24.9% | -20.7% | 10.8% |
| J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. | JPM, +2.49% | 2.2% | -13.7% | -15.9% | -14.9% | 42.8% |
| International Business Machines Corp. | IBM, +1.91% | 1.8% | -12.2% | -16.5% | -1.1% | 17.9% |
| Caterpillar Inc. | CAT, +1.53% | 1.7% | -7.7% | -16.1% | -14.5% | 16.2% |
| Cisco Systems Inc. | CSCO, +1.98% | 1.7% | -12.3% | -30.3% | -15.4% | 10.7% |
| Nike Inc. Class B | NKE, +1.77% | 1.6% | -11.4% | -14.0% | -10.4% | 36.6% |
| United Technologies Corp. | UTX, +1.06% | 1.5% | -12.0% | -16.3% | -11.5% | 40.6% |
| American Express Co. | AXP, +1.11% | 1.4% | -18.6% | -19.3% | -10.4% | 30.6% |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | GS, +1.34% | 1.4% | -14.2% | -18.7% | -11.5% | 37.6% |
| Dow Inc. | DOW, +0.30% | 1.0% | -14.2% | -32.5% | -25.4% | N/A |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc. | UNH, +1.71% | 0.9% | -15.7% | -16.1% | -12.5% | 18.0% |
| Walt Disney Co. | DIS, +0.19% | 0.3% | -16.5% | -23.0% | -18.4% | 31.9% |
| Source: FactSet | ||||||
Here are the top 10 performers among the components of the Nasdaq-100 Index NDX, +3.03% :
| Company | Ticker | Price change – March 2, 2020 | Price change since Feb. 19 | Decline from 52-week high | Price change – 2020 | Price change – 2019 |
| JD.com Inc. ADR Class A | JD, +13.55% | 10.3% | -10.3% | -1.4% | 20.6% | 68.3% |
| Costco Wholesale Corp. | COST, +8.89% | 9.8% | -13.0% | -5.1% | 5.0% | 44.3% |
| Tesla Inc. | TSLA, +10.05% | 9.1% | -27.2% | -24.8% | 74.2% | 25.7% |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL, +6.52% | 7.3% | -15.5% | -10.6% | -0.1% | 86.2% |
| Gilead Sciences Inc. | GILD, +6.50% | 7.0% | 3.0% | -5.9% | 14.2% | 3.9% |
| Western Digital Corp. | WDC, +6.46% | 6.6% | -20.1% | -17.7% | -6.6% | 71.7% |
| Ansys Inc. | ANSS, +4.15% | 4.8% | -18.2% | -15.1% | -1.4% | 80.1% |
| Biogen Inc. | BIIB, +4.69% | 4.7% | -9.6% | -13.9% | 8.8% | -1.4% |
| Electronic Arts Inc. | EA, +4.21% | 4.5% | -7.7% | -7.2% | -1.5% | 36.2% |
| NXP Semiconductors NV | NXPI, +4.11% | 4.4% | -15.8% | -15.0% | -6.7% | 73.7% |
| Source: FactSet | ||||||
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