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U.S. stocks staged a broad rally Wednesday as all sectors of the S&P 500 Index, except for one, rose. A total of 74 members, or 15%, of the benchmark large-cap U.S. index set all-time intraday records. All are listed below.
The S&P 500 Index
SPX,
climbed 1.5% for the day, ending with a 10.8% gain for 2020. (All price changes in this article exclude dividends.)
The Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
rose 1.6% and ended with a 2% gain for 2020.
The Nasdaq Composite Index
COMP,
was up 1% and ended with a 34.4% year-to-date gain.
Here’s how the 11 sectors of the S&P 500 fared for the day:
| S&P 500 sector | Price change – Sept. 2 | Price change – 2020 | Price change – 2019 |
| Utilities | 3.1% | -7.0% | 22.2% |
| Materials | 2.3% | 7.8% | 21.9% |
| Real Estate | 2.2% | -4.6% | 24.9% |
| Communication Services | 2.2% | 18.8% | 30.9% |
| Health Care | 2.1% | 7.2% | 18.7% |
| Consumer Staples | 1.9% | 5.9% | 24.0% |
| Industrials | 1.6% | -2.1% | 26.8% |
| Financials | 1.5% | -17.3% | 29.2% |
| Consumer Discretionary | 1.2% | 30.1% | 26.2% |
| Information Technology | 0.9% | 38.6% | 48.0% |
| Energy | -0.4% | -42.4% | 7.6% |
| Source: FactSet | |||
That’s a broad rally, and not led by the information technology sector, as you might have expected in a year like this.
Here are the 74 stocks among the S&P 500 that set record intraday highs (adjusted for stock splits) on Wednesday, Sept. 2, sorted by their year-to-date increases. Scroll the table to see all the data.
You can click on the tickers for more about each company.
| Company | Ticker | All-time intraday high set Sept. 2 | Closing price – Sept. 2 | Price change – Sept. 2 | Price change – 2020 | Price change – 2019 |
| Nvidia Corp. |
NVDA, |
$589.07 | $552.84 | 3.8% | 143.9% | 76.3% |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc. |
AMD, |
$94.28 | $92.18 | -2.1% | 96.7% | 148.4% |
| PayPal Holdings Inc. |
PYPL, |
$212.45 | $208.93 | 0.9% | 94.9% | 28.6% |
| West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. |
WST, |
$288.65 | $281.75 | 2.2% | 91.6% | 53.4% |
| Amazon.com Inc. |
AMZN, |
$3,552.25 | $3,499.12 | 0.9% | 91.1% | 23.0% |
| Apple Inc. |
AAPL, |
$137.98 | $134.18 | -2.1% | 79.0% | 86.2% |
| ServiceNow Inc. |
NOW, |
$501.82 | $497.19 | 0.5% | 77.0% | 58.6% |
| Rollins Inc. |
ROL, |
$57.16 | $55.72 | 2.3% | 71.8% | -8.1% |
| Salesforce.com Inc. |
CRM, |
$284.50 | $281.25 | -1.6% | 70.1% | 18.7% |
| Cadence Design Systems Inc. |
CDNS, |
$117.59 | $113.98 | 2.7% | 68.8% | 59.5% |
| Synopsys Inc. |
SNPS, |
$230.12 | $225.34 | 1.8% | 64.8% | 65.2% |
| Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. |
CMG, |
$1,384.46 | $1,372.22 | 0.5% | 64.7% | 93.9% |
| Adobe Inc. |
ADBE, |
$536.88 | $527.95 | 1.1% | 61.9% | 45.8% |
| Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. |
ODFL, |
$207.44 | $204.13 | -0.3% | 60.9% | 53.7% |
| T-Mobile US Inc. |
TMUS, |
$119.20 | $116.90 | 1.7% | 51.6% | 23.3% |
| Microsoft Corp. |
MSFT, |
$232.86 | $227.27 | 1.9% | 46.9% | 55.3% |
| Autodesk Inc. |
ADSK, |
$261.94 | $253.51 | 3.1% | 42.5% | 42.6% |
| United Parcel Service Inc. Class B |
UPS, |
$166.20 | $162.65 | 1.9% | 41.6% | 20.0% |
| Qualcomm Inc. |
QCOM, |
$123.93 | $122.01 | 1.0% | 39.6% | 55.0% |
| Church & Dwight Co. Inc. |
CHD, |
$98.96 | $95.33 | 3.0% | 39.6% | 7.0% |
| S&P Global Inc. |
SPGI, |
$379.87 | $368.39 | 2.7% | 38.6% | 60.7% |
| Danaher Corp. |
DHR, |
$210.58 | $208.38 | 0.8% | 36.8% | 48.8% |
| ANSYS Inc. |
ANSS, |
$354.87 | $343.89 | 1.9% | 36.2% | 80.1% |
| Monster Beverage Corp. |
MNST, |
$87.05 | $84.84 | 2.0% | 36.2% | 29.1% |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. |
TMO, |
$441.96 | $433.73 | 1.7% | 35.8% | 45.2% |
| Fastenal Co. |
FAST, |
$49.86 | $49.49 | 0.4% | 34.4% | 41.3% |
| Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc. |
FBHS, |
$86.80 | $85.74 | 0.8% | 32.2% | 72.0% |
| Air Products and Chemicals Inc. |
APD, |
$310.74 | $302.73 | 2.5% | 32.1% | 46.8% |
| Progressive Corp. |
PGR, |
$95.37 | $93.87 | 1.2% | 31.2% | 20.0% |
| Ball Corp. |
BLL, |
$84.65 | $81.97 | 3.2% | 30.8% | 40.6% |
| Intuitive Surgical Inc. |
ISRG, |
$778.83 | $741.57 | 3.2% | 29.4% | 23.4% |
| Verisk Analytics Inc. |
VRSK, |
$193.61 | $187.69 | 2.7% | 29.1% | 37.0% |
| Charter Communications Inc. Class A |
CHTR, |
$626.62 | $617.24 | 0.8% | 28.3% | 70.2% |
| Moody’s Corp. |
MCO, |
$305.96 | $296.07 | 2.8% | 28.3% | 69.5% |
| Alphabet Inc. Class A |
GOOGL, |
$1,726.10 | $1,655.08 | 3.8% | 28.2% | 28.2% |
| Nasdaq Inc. |
NDAQ, |
$137.94 | $134.82 | 1.8% | 28.2% | 31.3% |
| Cintas Corp. |
CTAS, |
$343.37 | $335.31 | 2.1% | 27.2% | 60.2% |
| Skyworks Solutions Inc. |
SWKS, |
$154.24 | $146.46 | 4.7% | 26.8% | 80.4% |
| Mettler-Toledo International Inc. |
MTD, |
$1,009.07 | $975.89 | 3.0% | 26.7% | 40.3% |
| Kansas City Southern |
KSU, |
$199.00 | $184.30 | 5.1% | 26.5% | 60.5% |
| Deere & Co. |
DE, |
$219.71 | $217.69 | -0.3% | 25.3% | 16.1% |
| Zoetis Inc. Class A |
ZTS, |
$165.82 | $162.05 | 2.0% | 24.9% | 54.7% |
| Walmart Inc. |
WMT, |
$151.33 | $147.59 | 0.1% | 24.3% | 27.6% |
| McCormick & Co. Inc. |
MKC, |
$210.43 | $205.93 | 1.9% | 23.6% | 21.9% |
| Linde PLC |
LIN, |
$260.49 | $256.94 | 1.3% | 22.2% | 36.4% |
| Costco Wholesale Corp. |
COST, |
$359.92 | $351.38 | 2.1% | 22.1% | 44.3% |
| BlackRock Inc. |
BLK, |
$609.69 | $596.24 | 2.0% | 20.9% | 28.0% |
| Sherwin-Williams Co. |
SHW, |
$699.81 | $686.04 | 1.9% | 19.8% | 48.3% |
| NextEra Energy Inc. |
NEE, |
$289.70 | $277.13 | 4.0% | 19.0% | 39.3% |
| Trane Technologies PLC |
TT, |
$122.93 | $120.20 | 1.8% | 18.7% | 45.7% |
| Broadcom Inc. |
AVGO, |
$378.96 | $359.54 | 4.3% | 18.7% | 24.3% |
| Brown-Forman Corp. Class B |
BF.B, |
$83.40 | $72.60 | 10.0% | 18.2% | 42.1% |
| Accenture PLC Class A |
ACN, |
$247.82 | $240.02 | 3.0% | 17.4% | 49.3% |
| Humana Inc. |
HUM, |
$429.07 | $414.85 | 3.1% | 16.7% | 27.9% |
| Expeditors International of Washington Inc. |
EXPD, |
$91.22 | $89.68 | 1.2% | 16.3% | 14.6% |
| Colgate-Palmolive Co. |
CL, |
$79.79 | $78.09 | 1.8% | 15.4% | 15.7% |
| Nike Inc. Class B |
NKE, |
$117.41 | $114.84 | 1.7% | 15.3% | 36.6% |
| Copart Inc. |
CPRT, |
$105.03 | $104.02 | 0.7% | 15.2% | 90.3% |
| Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A |
ZBRA, |
$295.53 | $287.16 | 2.5% | 15.2% | 60.4% |
| Visa Inc. Class A |
V, |
$217.35 | $213.35 | 1.5% | 15.2% | 42.4% |
| Texas Instruments Inc. |
TXN, |
$148.37 | $144.96 | 1.8% | 15.1% | 35.8% |
| Intercontinental Exchange Inc. |
ICE, |
$106.99 | $106.52 | -0.2% | 14.9% | 22.9% |
| Procter & Gamble Co. |
PG, |
$141.44 | $138.18 | 1.7% | 12.5% | 35.9% |
| FMC Corp. |
FMC, |
$112.53 | $110.15 | 1.9% | 12.5% | 55.7% |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corp. |
EW, |
$87.79 | $85.91 | 1.8% | 12.4% | 52.3% |
| Illinois Tool Works Inc. |
ITW, |
$202.67 | $201.02 | 0.5% | 12.4% | 41.8% |
| Eaton Corp. PLC |
ETN, |
$106.07 | $103.43 | 2.1% | 11.5% | 38.0% |
| Iqvia Holdings Inc. |
IQV, |
$170.51 | $165.13 | 2.8% | 9.9% | 33.0% |
| Microchip Technology Inc. |
MCHP, |
$115.11 | $112.35 | 2.1% | 9.5% | 45.6% |
| Union Pacific Corp. |
UNP, |
$197.56 | $195.80 | 0.2% | 8.6% | 30.8% |
| Teleflex Inc. |
TFX, |
$409.27 | $398.35 | 2.5% | 8.4% | 45.6% |
| Idex Corp. |
IEX, |
$185.18 | $182.08 | 1.1% | 7.1% | 36.2% |
| Amphenol Corp. Class A |
APH, |
$113.25 | $110.79 | 2.0% | 4.4% | 33.6% |
| Ametek Inc. |
AME, |
$103.95 | $102.02 | 1.0% | 3.3% | 47.3% |
| Source: FactSet | ||||||
Not all stocks that set intraday highs closed with gains. Apple Inc.
AAPL,
and Salesforce.com Inc.
CRM,
are two examples.
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