10 best, 10 worst S&P 500 stocks so far in 2015

02.02.2015 / 14:35

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After yet another year of gains for the S&P 500 Index, it’s been a drab January for investors.

The U.S. benchmark is down 1.7% through Thursday (assuming dividends were reinvested), as 301 component stocks have declined.

Amid risk-off mode, the strongest sectors have been Utilities, up 4.7%, followed by Health Care, up 2.7%, and Consumer Staples, up 0.62%. All seven of the other broad sectors have fallen, led by Energy, which is down 5.6%, closely followed by Financials, down 5.5%.

In December, the S&P 500 Index SPX, -1.30% was flat, as was the Energy sector, since the heavily weighted Integrated Oil and Gas subsector rose 2.7%, offsetting a 13.6% decline for the Coal and Consumable Fuels subsector and a 5.9% drop for the Oil and Gas Drilling subsector. December’s strongest sector was Utilities, which rose 3.2%.

Here are the 10 best-performing S&P 500 stocks this year (through Thursday’s close):

Here are the 10 worst-performing S&P 500 stocks this year:

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10 best, 10 worst S&P 500 stocks so far in 2015

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