Jul 02, 2009 - 4:29 AM EDT
Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit:
The best performing S&P 500 sector in the first half was Technology. The sector as a whole was up 24% in the first half, and below we highlight the year to date performance of the stocks that make up the sector. Of the 74 S&P 500 Technology stocks, 61 are up year to date and 13 are down. Western Digital (WDC) is up the most with a gain of 134%, followed by Micron (MU), [[AMD]], Apple (AAPL), Teradyne (TER), and Corning (GLW). Motorola (MOT) is up 47%, Google (GOOG) is up 36.4%, Yahoo! (YHOO) is up 26%, and [[IBM]] and [[MSFT]] are up roughly 24%.
The worst performing stock in the sector this year has been Lexmark (LXK), which is down 38%. [[FLIR]], [[HRS]], and [[XRX]] are the other stocks that are down more than 10%.
Source: Seeking Alpha (Jul 02, 2009 - 4:29 AM EDT)