First-Quarter Market Performance

Here’s how different sectors performed during the first quarter of 2013. I also included the S&P 500 Total Return.

Sector	Market Cap (bil)	Index	Q1 Gain
Energy	$1,526	583.98	9.57%
Materials	$480	247.52	4.17%
Industrials	$1,413	361.89	10.08%
Cons Disc	$1,625	420.27	11.76%
Cons Staples	$1,532	410.47	13.77%
Health Care	$1,752	533.42	15.22%
Financials	$2,226	245.41	10.92%
Info Tech	$2,519	483.34	4.21%
Telecom Svc	$415	158.01	8.20%
Utilities	$490	198.69	11.84%
S&P 500	$13,979	1,569.19	10.03%
S&P 500 Total Return		2,770.05	10.61%

Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on March 29th, 2013 at 2:31 pm

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