How industries stack up since last Dow 13,000

Published February 29, 2012 by
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How the 10 categories of stocks in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index have performed since May 19, 2008, the last time the Dow Jones industrial average closed above 13,000.

? Consumer discretionary: Up 30.3 percent.

? Information technology: Up 21 percent.

? Consumer staples: Up 15.9 percent.

? Health care: Up 14 percent.

? Industrials: Down 8.7 percent.

? Energy: Down 15.2 percent.

? Utilities: Down 15.5 percent.

? Materials: Down 16.5 percent.

? Telecommunications: Down 17 percent.

? Financials: Down 43 percent.

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Source: FactSet.

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