Here are this week's 20 best performers as the S&P 500 rallied

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By Philip van Doorn

All but two of the S&P 500's 11 sectors were up for the week

Believe it or not, we just completed a good week for the U.S. stock market. The S&P 500 rose 5.7% through Friday's close from a week earlier, with three-quarters of component stocks showing gains.

But investors were still flocking to gold (GC00), with continuous front-month contracts for the metal on the New York Mercantile Exchange up 7.2% for the week.

Here are the 11 sectors of the S&P 500 SPX, sorted by how well they performed for the week. Price changes are also shown for the preceding three years and from the end of 2021 through Friday.

   Sector or index           One-week price change through April 11  2025 price change  2024 price change  2023 price change  2022 price change  Price change since end of 2021 
   Information Technology                                      9.7%             -15.3%              35.7%              56.4%             -28.9%                           27.8% 
   Industrials                                                 6.5%              -4.6%              15.6%              16.0%              -7.1%                           18.9% 
   Communication Services                                      6.4%              -9.1%              38.9%              54.4%             -40.4%                           16.2% 
   Financials                                                  5.6%              -3.5%              28.4%               9.9%             -12.4%                           19.4% 
   Consumer Discretionary                                      4.6%             -17.0%              29.1%              41.0%             -37.6%                           -5.7% 
   Materials                                                   3.6%              -3.8%              -1.8%              10.2%             -14.1%                          -10.6% 
   Consumer Staples                                            3.1%               3.7%              12.0%              -2.2%              -3.2%                           10.0% 
   Utilities                                                   2.4%               0.8%              19.6%             -10.2%              -1.4%                            6.7% 
   Health Care                                                 1.2%              -0.5%               0.9%               0.3%              -3.6%                           -2.9% 
   Real Estate                                                -0.2%              -4.6%               1.7%               8.3%             -28.4%                          -24.8% 
   Energy                                                     -0.4%              -7.5%               2.3%              -4.8%              59.0%                           43.3% 
   S&P 500                                                     5.7%              -8.8%              23.3%              24.2%             -19.4%                           12.5% 
                                                                                                                                                                Source: FactSet

All price changes in this article exclude dividends. The table shows the previous years and the gains from the end of 2021 through Friday in order to encompass the broad decline in 2022, which was followed by tremendous gains for the S&P 500 over the next two years heading into this year's decline. (You might need to scroll the table to see all of the columns.)

The information-technology sector was the week's leader with a 9.7% gain, but it was still down 15.3% for 2025. Two defensive sectors - consumer staples and utilities - ended the week with year-to-date gains.

Four sectors ended Friday at levels lower than they were at the end of 2021 - consumer discretionary, materials, healthcare and real estate.

The week's best performers among the S&P 500

Here are the 20 stocks in the U.S. large-cap benchmark index showing the largest price increases for the week through Friday:

   Company                             Ticker    One-week price change through April 11  2025 price change  2024 price change  2023 price change  2022 price change  Price change from end of 2021 through April 11 
   Newmont Corp.                       NEM                                        24.4%              47.7%             -10.1%             -12.3%             -23.9%                                          -11.4% 
   Broadcom Inc.                       AVGO                                       24.4%             -21.5%             107.7%              99.6%             -16.0%                                          173.4% 
   Constellation Energy Corp.          CEG                                        21.7%              -7.0%              91.4%              35.6%                N/A                                             N/A 
   Palantir Technologies Inc.          PLTR                                       19.6%              17.1%             340.5%             167.4%             -64.7%                                          386.3% 
   GE Vernova Inc.                     GEV                                        18.4%              -2.3%                N/A                N/A                N/A                                             N/A 
   Nvidia Corp.                        NVDA                                       17.6%             -17.4%             171.2%             238.9%             -50.3%                                          277.2% 
   CrowdStrike Holdings Inc.           CRWD                                       17.5%              10.4%              34.0%             142.5%             -48.6%                                           84.6% 
   Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.  HII                                        16.6%              14.2%             -27.2%              12.6%              23.5%                                           15.5% 
   Humana Inc.                         HUM                                        16.3%              16.3%             -44.6%             -10.6%              10.4%                                          -36.4% 
   KLA Corp.                           KLAC                                       16.3%               6.4%               8.4%              54.2%             -12.3%                                           55.8% 
   Apollo Global Management Inc.       APO                                        15.9%             -23.8%              77.2%              46.1%             -11.9%                                           73.9% 
   Fortinet Inc.                       FTNT                                       15.4%               3.4%              61.4%              19.7%             -32.0%                                           36.0% 
   Boeing Co.                          BA                                         14.8%             -11.4%             -32.1%              36.8%              -5.4%                                          -22.1% 
   Texas Pacific Land Corp.            TPL                                        14.6%              11.8%             111.0%             -32.9%              87.7%                                          196.9% 
   Freeport-McMoRan Inc.               FCX                                        14.4%             -12.4%             -10.5%              12.0%              -8.9%                                          -20.1% 
   Dell Technologies Inc.              DELL                                       14.4%             -28.9%              50.6%              90.2%             -28.4%                                           45.9% 
   Axon Enterprise Inc.                AXON                                       14.3%              -4.4%             130.1%              55.7%               5.7%                                          261.8% 
   Lam Research Corp.                  LRCX                                       14.2%              -6.6%              -7.8%              86.4%             -41.6%                                           -6.2% 
   UnitedHealth Group Inc.             UNH                                        14.2%              18.5%              -3.9%              -0.7%               5.6%                                           19.4% 
   Applied Materials Inc.              AMAT                                       14.2%             -10.9%               0.3%              66.4%             -38.1%                                           -7.9% 
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Source: FactSet

Gold miner Newmont (NEM) was the S&P 500's best performer for the week with a 24.4% gain, and it was up 47.7% for 2025. Freeport McMoRan (FCX), which also mines gold and other metals, made the list with a 14.4% gain for the week, although it ended with a 12.4% decline for 2025.

Nine companies among the week's 20 best-performing stocks were in the technology sector - but most were still down for this year, including Nvidia (NVDA), which was up 17.6% for the week but ended with a 17.4% decline for 2025.

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US Stocks End Week on Higher Note, Tariff Worries Persist

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US equities ended a volatile week on a higher note Friday as investors struggled to determine the likely impact of the growing trade war between the US and China on global economy.

The Nasdaq Composite rose 2% to 16,724.5 and the S&P 500 added 1.8% to 5,363.4. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was 1.6% higher at 40,212.7, with all three major gauges rebounding from early declines as the dollar and bond yields steadied. All sectors advanced, led by materials and technology.

US Treasury yields closed higher, but some fell back from their intraday highs. The 10-year closed 9 basis points higher at 4.49%, off an earlier high around 5.59%, but the yield for two-year Treasuries increased 10 basis points to 3.95%.

China overnight raised its tariff on US goods to 125%, with the 41-basis-point increase to its prior rate slated, to begin this weekend in response President Donald Trump on Thursday boosting US import duties on Chinese goods to 145%.

There were signs tariff concerns are beginning to spill over into the broader US economy. The University of Michigan's index of consumer sentiment fell to a preliminary April reading of 50.8, down from the final 57.0 print in March and almost doubling the drop to 53.5 reading experts in a Bloomberg survey expected.

A think tank tracking the automobile industry said on Friday a 25% tariff on vehicles and auto parts imported from Canada and Mexico will likely add $41.9 billion in costs for the "Big 3" US automakers, namely General Motors , Ford (F) and Stellantis (STLA).

GM, meanwhile, will temporarily halt operations at a plant in Ontario that makes electric vans although the shutdown is tied to slowing customer demand rather than tariffs, the company reportedly said. GM shares were fractionally lower in regular trading.

There was upbeat news on inflation, however. The US Producer Price Index fell 0.4% during March, compared with forecasts expecting a 0.2% increase. Excluding food and energy prices, core PPI slid 0.1%, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics said.

In company news, JPMorgan Chase , Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo all reported improved Q1 earnings, topping Wall Street estimates. Wells Fargo's revenue lagged the analyst consensus and the bank's stock closed 1% lower. JPMorgan was 4% higher and Morgan Stanley was over 1% up.

Texas Instruments shares fell 5.8%, posting the steepest decline on the S&P 500, after Chinese officials said semiconductor companies with fabrication facilities in the US would be "liable for tariff rates of 84% or higher" but the state-backed China Semiconductor Industry Association exempted several chipmakers, including Nvidia and Qualcomm who outsource their production.

West Texas Intermediate crude oil settled 2.3% higher at $61.50 per barrel. Gold futures rose 2.1% to $3,248.80 per ounce, and silver was up 4.5% up to $32.15.

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US Equity Indexes Rise This Week as Trump Pauses Reciprocal Tariffs for 90 Days

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US equity indexes rose this week, seemingly unaffected by plunging government bond prices and the dollar after President Donald Trump paused reciprocal import duties on all trading partners except China.

* The S&P 500 closed at 5,363.36 on Friday, versus 5,074.08 a week earlier. The Nasdaq Composite stood at 16,724.46 compared with 15,587.79 a week prior. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended at 40,212.71 versus 38,314.86 a week ago. Wednesday's surge helped the three mainstream gauges post weekly gains.

* Technology, basic materials, and industrials led gainers this week. All Magnificent-7 stocks ended the week higher, led by Nvidia , with a gain of 17%.

* China, the world's second-largest economy, said Friday it raised import levies on the US to 125% from 84%, retaliating against President Donald Trump's decision to jack trade tariffs on the Asian powerhouse. Trump ordered lifting duties on imports from China to 125%, or 145% with the fentanyl levy. Simultaneously, the president announced a 90-day pause for reciprocal tariffs that his administration imposed on all the other US trading partners this week.

* Treasury yields, inversely correlated with bond prices, jumped this week. Deutsche Bank said Friday that the 30-year yield, which soared 13.3 basis points on Thursday, is setting for its biggest weekly gain since the 1980s. The 10-year yield touched 4.59% intraday Friday, versus 4% a week ago.

* Deutsche Bank said the dollar saw a "historic weakening," with the euro posting its biggest gain of 2.3% against the greenback since 2015 on Thursday.

* Gold futures touched $3,263.0 this week, its highest intraday level ever.

* While the headline and core consumer and producer price indexes fell in March, the year-ahead inflation outlook in a University of Michigan survey soared to 6.7% in April, the highest since 1981, from 5% in March. The Michigan consumer sentiment index sank to 50.8 from 57.

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S&P 500 Posts Weekly Jump, Snaps Losing Streak After Tariff Pause

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The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 5.7% this week after the Trump administration paused most of its retaliatory tariffs.

The S&P 500 ended Friday's session at 5,363.36, up significantly from last week's closing level, but down 4.4% for April and 8.8% for the year.

The market had a turbulent start to the second quarter amid worries about the economic impacts of the US's sweeping retaliatory tariffs that started earlier this month, prompting sharp stock declines. President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a three-month pause on most tariffs for countries other than China, on which the administration increased its rate to 145%.

China retaliated by raising its tariffs on US products to 125%.

US consumer sentiment soured in April as year-ahead inflation expectations reached the highest point since 1981, according to a University of Michigan report. The main sentiment gauge slid to 50.8 this month from 57 in March. The consensus was for a 53.5 print in a survey compiled by Bloomberg.

The Q1 reporting season began with JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley reporting better-than-expected results on their top and bottom lines while Wells Fargo (WFC)'s earnings topped views but its revenue missed expectations. On a weekly basis, JPMorgan's shares rose 12%, Morgan Stanley's shares added 8.3% and Wells Fargo's shares edged up 2.5%.

The technology sector had the largest percentage increase of the week, jumping 9.7%, followed by a 6.5% climb in industrials, a 6.4% rise in communication services and a 5.6% gain in financials. Consumer discretionary, materials, consumer staples, utilities and health care also rose.

Broadcom was the top performer in the technology sector, soaring 24% as the company said its board authorized a share repurchase program to buy back up to $10 billion of common shares.

Among industrials, GE Vernova had the largest percentage increase of the week, jumping 18%. The company's board declared a $0.25 per share quarterly dividend.

Still, energy shed 0.4% and real estate was down 0.2%.

Occidental Petroleum led the energy sector's decliners, falling 7.1%. Analysts at TD Cowen and Scotiabank downgraded their investment ratings on the stock this week while multiple analysts also lowered their price targets on the shares.

Next week will be a heavy earnings week, with reports expected from companies including Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Netflix (NFLX) and American Express (AXP).

Economic reports will include March import prices, retail sales, industrial production, capacity utilization, housing starts and building permits.

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U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.56%

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Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.56%, while the S&P 500 index added 1.81%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 2.06%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which rose 4.06% or 7.73 points to trade at 198.15 at the close. Meanwhile, JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) added 4.00% or 9.09 points to end at 236.20 and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) was up 2.97% or 3.20 points to 110.77 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which fell 0.40% or 0.34 points to trade at 84.89 at the close. Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) declined 0.05% or 0.14 points to end at 254.98 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was down 0.04% or 0.02 points to 54.38.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Monolithic Power Systems Inc (NASDAQ:MPWR) which rose 9.99% to 533.13, Newmont Goldcorp Corp (NYSE:NEM) which was up 7.91% to settle at 54.97 and Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc (NYSE:HII) which gained 7.39% to close at 215.74.

The worst performers were Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) which was down 5.75% to 147.60 in late trade, Aptiv PLC (NYSE:APTV) which lost 3.04% to settle at 47.92 and Old Dominion Freight Line Inc (NASDAQ:ODFL) which was down 2.95% to 152.12 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were HCW Biologics Inc (NASDAQ:HCWB) which rose 3,646.94% to 9.18, MSP Recovery Inc (NASDAQ:MSPR) which was up 93.67% to settle at 2.48 and Portage Biotech Inc (NASDAQ:PRTG) which gained 70.44% to close at 8.59.

The worst performers were Innovative Eyewear Inc (NASDAQ:LUCY) which was down 52.53% to 2.35 in late trade, XChange TECINC DRC (NASDAQ:XHG) which lost 45.71% to settle at 0.20 and Mullen Automotive Inc (NASDAQ:MULN) which was down 39.44% to 2.18 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2053 to 752 and 47 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2203 rose and 1105 declined, while 121 ended unchanged.

Shares in Aptiv PLC (NYSE:APTV) fell to 5-year lows; falling 3.04% or 1.50 to 47.92. Shares in XChange TECINC DRC (NASDAQ:XHG) fell to all time lows; down 45.71% or 0.17 to 0.20. Shares in Mullen Automotive Inc (NASDAQ:MULN) fell to all time lows; falling 39.44% or 1.42 to 2.18.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 7.78% to 37.55.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 2.40% or 76.16 to $3,253.66 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.43% or 1.46 to hit $61.53 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.18% or 1.38 to trade at $64.71 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 1.43% to 1.13, while USD/JPY fell 0.63% to 143.58.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.96% at 99.64.

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