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
US: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
US:DJIA
rose 1.6% and ended with a 2% gain for 2020.
The Nasdaq Composite Index
US: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. | US:NVDA | $589.07 | $552.84 | 3.8% | 143.9% | 76.3% |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc. | US:AMD | $94.28 | $92.18 | -2.1% | 96.7% | 148.4% |
| PayPal Holdings Inc. | US:PYPL | $212.45 | $208.93 | 0.9% | 94.9% | 28.6% |
| West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. | US:WST | $288.65 | $281.75 | 2.2% | 91.6% | 53.4% |
| Amazon.com Inc. | US:AMZN | $3,552.25 | $3,499.12 | 0.9% | 91.1% | 23.0% |
| Apple Inc. | US:AAPL | $137.98 | $134.18 | -2.1% | 79.0% | 86.2% |
| ServiceNow Inc. | US:NOW | $501.82 | $497.19 | 0.5% | 77.0% | 58.6% |
| Rollins Inc. | US:ROL | $57.16 | $55.72 | 2.3% | 71.8% | -8.1% |
| Salesforce.com Inc. | US:CRM | $284.50 | $281.25 | -1.6% | 70.1% | 18.7% |
| Cadence Design Systems Inc. | US:CDNS | $117.59 | $113.98 | 2.7% | 68.8% | 59.5% |
| Synopsys Inc. | US:SNPS | $230.12 | $225.34 | 1.8% | 64.8% | 65.2% |
| Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. | US:CMG | $1,384.46 | $1,372.22 | 0.5% | 64.7% | 93.9% |
| Adobe Inc. | US:ADBE | $536.88 | $527.95 | 1.1% | 61.9% | 45.8% |
| Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. | US:ODFL | $207.44 | $204.13 | -0.3% | 60.9% | 53.7% |
| T-Mobile US Inc. | US:TMUS | $119.20 | $116.90 | 1.7% | 51.6% | 23.3% |
| Microsoft Corp. | US:MSFT | $232.86 | $227.27 | 1.9% | 46.9% | 55.3% |
| Autodesk Inc. | US:ADSK | $261.94 | $253.51 | 3.1% | 42.5% | 42.6% |
| United Parcel Service Inc. Class B | US:UPS | $166.20 | $162.65 | 1.9% | 41.6% | 20.0% |
| Qualcomm Inc. | US:QCOM | $123.93 | $122.01 | 1.0% | 39.6% | 55.0% |
| Church & Dwight Co. Inc. | US:CHD | $98.96 | $95.33 | 3.0% | 39.6% | 7.0% |
| S&P Global Inc. | US:SPGI | $379.87 | $368.39 | 2.7% | 38.6% | 60.7% |
| Danaher Corp. | US:DHR | $210.58 | $208.38 | 0.8% | 36.8% | 48.8% |
| ANSYS Inc. | US:ANSS | $354.87 | $343.89 | 1.9% | 36.2% | 80.1% |
| Monster Beverage Corp. | US:MNST | $87.05 | $84.84 | 2.0% | 36.2% | 29.1% |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | US:TMO | $441.96 | $433.73 | 1.7% | 35.8% | 45.2% |
| Fastenal Co. | US:FAST | $49.86 | $49.49 | 0.4% | 34.4% | 41.3% |
| Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc. | US:FBHS | $86.80 | $85.74 | 0.8% | 32.2% | 72.0% |
| Air Products and Chemicals Inc. | US:APD | $310.74 | $302.73 | 2.5% | 32.1% | 46.8% |
| Progressive Corp. | US:PGR | $95.37 | $93.87 | 1.2% | 31.2% | 20.0% |
| Ball Corp. | US:BLL | $84.65 | $81.97 | 3.2% | 30.8% | 40.6% |
| Intuitive Surgical Inc. | US:ISRG | $778.83 | $741.57 | 3.2% | 29.4% | 23.4% |
| Verisk Analytics Inc. | US:VRSK | $193.61 | $187.69 | 2.7% | 29.1% | 37.0% |
| Charter Communications Inc. Class A | US:CHTR | $626.62 | $617.24 | 0.8% | 28.3% | 70.2% |
| Moody’s Corp. | US:MCO | $305.96 | $296.07 | 2.8% | 28.3% | 69.5% |
| Alphabet Inc. Class A | US:GOOGL | $1,726.10 | $1,655.08 | 3.8% | 28.2% | 28.2% |
| Nasdaq Inc. | US:NDAQ | $137.94 | $134.82 | 1.8% | 28.2% | 31.3% |
| Cintas Corp. | US:CTAS | $343.37 | $335.31 | 2.1% | 27.2% | 60.2% |
| Skyworks Solutions Inc. | US:SWKS | $154.24 | $146.46 | 4.7% | 26.8% | 80.4% |
| Mettler-Toledo International Inc. | US:MTD | $1,009.07 | $975.89 | 3.0% | 26.7% | 40.3% |
| Kansas City Southern | US:KSU | $199.00 | $184.30 | 5.1% | 26.5% | 60.5% |
| Deere & Co. | US:DE | $219.71 | $217.69 | -0.3% | 25.3% | 16.1% |
| Zoetis Inc. Class A | US:ZTS | $165.82 | $162.05 | 2.0% | 24.9% | 54.7% |
| Walmart Inc. | US:WMT | $151.33 | $147.59 | 0.1% | 24.3% | 27.6% |
| McCormick & Co. Inc. | US:MKC | $210.43 | $205.93 | 1.9% | 23.6% | 21.9% |
| Linde PLC | US:LIN | $260.49 | $256.94 | 1.3% | 22.2% | 36.4% |
| Costco Wholesale Corp. | US:COST | $359.92 | $351.38 | 2.1% | 22.1% | 44.3% |
| BlackRock Inc. | US:BLK | $609.69 | $596.24 | 2.0% | 20.9% | 28.0% |
| Sherwin-Williams Co. | US:SHW | $699.81 | $686.04 | 1.9% | 19.8% | 48.3% |
| NextEra Energy Inc. | US:NEE | $289.70 | $277.13 | 4.0% | 19.0% | 39.3% |
| Trane Technologies PLC | US:TT | $122.93 | $120.20 | 1.8% | 18.7% | 45.7% |
| Broadcom Inc. | US:AVGO | $378.96 | $359.54 | 4.3% | 18.7% | 24.3% |
| Brown-Forman Corp. Class B | US:BF | $83.40 | $72.60 | 10.0% | 18.2% | 42.1% |
| Accenture PLC Class A | US:ACN | $247.82 | $240.02 | 3.0% | 17.4% | 49.3% |
| Humana Inc. | US:HUM | $429.07 | $414.85 | 3.1% | 16.7% | 27.9% |
| Expeditors International of Washington Inc. | US:EXPD | $91.22 | $89.68 | 1.2% | 16.3% | 14.6% |
| Colgate-Palmolive Co. | US:CL | $79.79 | $78.09 | 1.8% | 15.4% | 15.7% |
| Nike Inc. Class B | US:NKE | $117.41 | $114.84 | 1.7% | 15.3% | 36.6% |
| Copart Inc. | US:CPRT | $105.03 | $104.02 | 0.7% | 15.2% | 90.3% |
| Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A | US:ZBRA | $295.53 | $287.16 | 2.5% | 15.2% | 60.4% |
| Visa Inc. Class A | US:V | $217.35 | $213.35 | 1.5% | 15.2% | 42.4% |
| Texas Instruments Inc. | US:TXN | $148.37 | $144.96 | 1.8% | 15.1% | 35.8% |
| Intercontinental Exchange Inc. | US:ICE | $106.99 | $106.52 | -0.2% | 14.9% | 22.9% |
| Procter & Gamble Co. | US:PG | $141.44 | $138.18 | 1.7% | 12.5% | 35.9% |
| FMC Corp. | US:FMC | $112.53 | $110.15 | 1.9% | 12.5% | 55.7% |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corp. | US:EW | $87.79 | $85.91 | 1.8% | 12.4% | 52.3% |
| Illinois Tool Works Inc. | US:ITW | $202.67 | $201.02 | 0.5% | 12.4% | 41.8% |
| Eaton Corp. PLC | US:ETN | $106.07 | $103.43 | 2.1% | 11.5% | 38.0% |
| Iqvia Holdings Inc. | US:IQV | $170.51 | $165.13 | 2.8% | 9.9% | 33.0% |
| Microchip Technology Inc. | US:MCHP | $115.11 | $112.35 | 2.1% | 9.5% | 45.6% |
| Union Pacific Corp. | US:UNP | $197.56 | $195.80 | 0.2% | 8.6% | 30.8% |
| Teleflex Inc. | US:TFX | $409.27 | $398.35 | 2.5% | 8.4% | 45.6% |
| Idex Corp. | US:IEX | $185.18 | $182.08 | 1.1% | 7.1% | 36.2% |
| Amphenol Corp. Class A | US:APH | $113.25 | $110.79 | 2.0% | 4.4% | 33.6% |
| Ametek Inc. | US: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.
US:AAPL
and Salesforce.com Inc.
US:CRM
are two examples.
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