S&P 500 Movers | Winners: NOC, MPC, PLTR | Losers: AES, NCLH, EL
On Monday, March 2, the S&P 500 remaining flat, the Dow 30 falling 0.15%, and the Nasdaq 100 rising 0.13% ended the day with mixed results. This divergence was echoed in stock-level activity.
List of S&P 500 Winners
The following table shows the list of 10 stocks that generated the highest returns on the last trading day:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NOC | Northrop Grumman | 6.0% | 35.1% |
| 2 | MPC | Marathon Petroleum | 5.9% | 29.7% |
| 3 | PLTR | Palantir Technologies | 5.8% | -18.3% |
| 4 | AXON | Axon Enterprise | 5.5% | 0.7% |
| 5 | COIN | Coinbase Global | 5.3% | -18.1% |
| 6 | VTRS | Viatris | 5.2% | 26.1% |
| 7 | VLO | Valero Energy | 5.0% | 32.8% |
| 8 | GLW | Corning | 5.0% | 80.6% |
| 9 | CF | CF Industries | 4.8% | 35.6% |
| 10 | RTX | RTX | 4.7% | 16.1% |
List of S&P 500 Losers
On the other hand, the following table shows the list of 10 stocks that generated the lowest returns:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AES | AES | -17.8% | 0.3% |
| 2 | NCLH | Norwegian Cruise Line | -10.5% | -0.6% |
| 3 | EL | Estee Lauder Companies | -8.5% | -4.0% |
| 4 | ELV | Elevance Health | -8.1% | -16.1% |
| 5 | TEL | TE Connectivity | -7.9% | -6.5% |
| 6 | CCL | Carnival | -7.6% | -4.1% |
| 7 | APH | Amphenol | -7.5% | 0.0% |
| 8 | STX | Seagate Technology | -6.9% | 37.8% |
| 9 | DLTR | Dollar Tree | -5.2% | -2.5% |
| 10 | MNST | Monster Beverage | -5.0% | 5.7% |
Why does this matter? Significant stock moves – up or down – deserve your attention. Sharp declines in fundamentally strong names can offer smart buying opportunities. And when momentum aligns with solid fundamentals, riding the trend can be highly rewarding. Among these stocks, we find CF Industries (CF) and Elevance Health (ELV) attractive.
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