S&P 500 Movers | Winners: CSGP, CMG, GDDY | Losers: COHR, GLW, VST
The S&P 500 fell 0.5% on Thursday, October 8, while the Nasdaq-100 dropped 1.4% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average ticked up 0.1%. Over the past week the S&P 500 is up 1.3%, and over the past month it is up 1.7%.
Within the S&P 500, 338 stocks rose and 164 fell. The day’s best return belonged to CoStar (CSGP) (+8.0%) and the worst to Coherent (COHR) (-9.6%).
Thursday’s S&P 500 Winners
The 10 S&P 500 stocks with the highest returns on Thursday:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CSGP | CoStar | 8.0% | -55.7% |
| 2 | CMG | Chipotle Mexican Grill | 6.2% | -11.7% |
| 3 | GDDY | GoDaddy | 6.2% | -16.8% |
| 4 | ACN | Accenture | 6.0% | -20.3% |
| 5 | IT | Gartner | 5.2% | -22.5% |
| 6 | CTSH | Cognizant Technology Solutions | 5.2% | -26.4% |
| 7 | FDS | FactSet Research Systems | 5.0% | 0.1% |
| 8 | LDOS | Leidos | 5.0% | -33.3% |
| 9 | MPC | Marathon Petroleum | 4.8% | 188.2% |
| 10 | VLO | Valero Energy | 4.6% | 176.7% |
Thursday’s S&P 500 Losers
And the 10 S&P 500 stocks with the lowest returns on Thursday:
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COHR | Coherent | -9.6% | 63.8% |
| 2 | GLW | Corning | -6.4% | 75.5% |
| 3 | VST | Vistra | -6.3% | -2.8% |
| 4 | BE | Bloom Energy | -6.3% | 214.0% |
| 5 | LITE | Lumentum | -5.6% | 184.5% |
| 6 | INTC | Intel | -5.3% | 190.2% |
| 7 | SNDK | SanDisk | -4.9% | 578.0% |
| 8 | CEG | Constellation Energy | -4.8% | -18.9% |
| 9 | SMCI | Super Micro Computer | -4.8% | 46.1% |
| 10 | MU | Micron Technology | -4.8% | 263.1% |
Were Thursday’s Biggest Movers Already On A Run?
No stock on Thursday’s one-day lists appears on the same side of the one-month lists, so the day’s biggest moves were fresh ones rather than extensions of a monthly trend.
Movers Over The Last Week
Widening the window to five trading days, these are the strongest and weakest names in the S&P 500:
Winners
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PTC | PTC | 32.3% | 11.2% |
| 2 | CIEN | Ciena | 12.3% | 82.1% |
| 3 | P | Everpure | 12.3% | n/a |
| 4 | VST | Vistra | 11.7% | -2.8% |
| 5 | ADSK | Autodesk | 10.5% | -21.1% |
| 6 | MPC | Marathon Petroleum | 10.3% | 188.2% |
| 7 | CEG | Constellation Energy | 10.1% | -18.9% |
| 8 | HPE | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 9.9% | 199.1% |
| 9 | NRG | NRG Energy | 9.7% | -32.6% |
| 10 | STZ | Constellation Brands | 9.4% | -8.5% |
Losers
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | STX | Seagate Technology | -18.1% | 182.3% |
| 2 | WDC | Western Digital | -15.0% | 128.6% |
| 3 | INTC | Intel | -10.8% | 190.2% |
| 4 | SNDK | SanDisk | -10.0% | 578.0% |
| 5 | COIN | Coinbase Global | -9.1% | -23.9% |
| 6 | TWLO | Twilio | -8.5% | 93.9% |
| 7 | MOS | Mosaic | -8.4% | -15.9% |
| 8 | CHRW | C.H. Robinson Worldwide | -7.7% | -11.1% |
| 9 | LRCX | Lam Research | -5.7% | 87.8% |
| 10 | AKAM | Akamai Technologies | -5.6% | 15.6% |
Movers Over The Last Month
And over the last 21 trading days, the strongest and weakest names in the S&P 500:
Winners
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | Everpure | 55.1% | n/a |
| 2 | PTC | PTC | 50.3% | 11.2% |
| 3 | MRNA | Moderna | 45.3% | n/a |
| 4 | ILMN | Illumina | 29.1% | 101.7% |
| 5 | SNPS | Synopsys | 26.6% | 6.0% |
| 6 | CRWD | CrowdStrike | 26.6% | 124.4% |
| 7 | CIEN | Ciena | 26.0% | 82.1% |
| 8 | RVTY | Revvity | 22.9% | 57.6% |
| 9 | CDNS | Cadence Design Systems | 22.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 | DDOG | Datadog | 21.5% | 101.3% |
Losers
| # | Ticker | Company Name | 1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FICO | Fair Isaac | -28.0% | -58.2% |
| 2 | MGM | MGM Resorts International | -26.2% | -17.8% |
| 3 | MOS | Mosaic | -24.1% | -15.9% |
| 4 | GEN | Gen Digital | -23.6% | -15.1% |
| 5 | ALB | Albemarle | -18.6% | -27.2% |
| 6 | WDC | Western Digital | -18.4% | 128.6% |
| 7 | CHTR | Charter Communications | -18.1% | -47.5% |
| 8 | CF | CF Industries | -17.8% | 49.0% |
| 9 | LVS | Las Vegas Sands | -16.7% | -43.6% |
| 10 | WYNN | Wynn Resorts | -16.6% | -37.0% |
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