First-Quarter Market Performance

Here’s how different sectors performed during the first quarter of 2013. I also included the S&P 500 Total Return.

Sector Market Cap (bil) Index Q1 Gain
Energy $1,526 583.98 9.57%
Materials $480 247.52 4.17%
Industrials $1,413 361.89 10.08%
Cons Disc $1,625 420.27 11.76%
Cons Staples $1,532 410.47 13.77%
Health Care $1,752 533.42 15.22%
Financials $2,226 245.41 10.92%
Info Tech $2,519 483.34 4.21%
Telecom Svc $415 158.01 8.20%
Utilities $490 198.69 11.84%
S&P 500 $13,979 1,569.19 10.03%
S&P 500 Total Return 2,770.05 10.61%

Posted by on March 29th, 2013 at 2:31 pm


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