- Merck (NYSE:MRK) and Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) finish as the year's top gainers on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, as 14 of the 30 stocks in the index end in the green vs. 25 closing positive a year ago.
- The top 10 of the Dow 30: 1. Merck, +35.8%, 2. Pfizer, +20.5%, 3. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) +18.7%, 4. Nike (NYSE:NKE) +18.5%, 5. Visa (NYSE:V) +15.7%, 6. Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) +13.1%, 7. UnitedHealth (NYSE:UNH) +13%, 8. Boeing (NYSE:BA) +9.3%, 9. Verizon (NYSE:VZ) +6.2%, 10. Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) +3.2%.
- 11. McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) +3.2%, 12. Disney (NYSE:DIS) +2%, 13. Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) +1.7%, 14. Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) +0.1%, 15. American Express (NYSE:AXP) -4%, 16. Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) -5.7%, 17. Walgreens (NASDAQ:WBA) -5.9%, 18. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) -6.8%, 19. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) -7.6%, 20. JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) -8.7%.
- 21. Home Depot (NYSE:HD) -9.3%, 22. Travelers (NYSE:TRV) -11.7%, 23. Chevron (NYSE:CVX) -13.1%, 24. United Technologies (NYSE:UTX) -16.5%, 25. Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) -18.5%, 26. 3M (NYSE:MMM) -19%, 27. Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) -19.3%, 28. DowDuPont (NYSE:DWDP) -24.9%, 29. IBM (NYSE:IBM) -25.9%, 30. Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) -34.4%.
- General Electric (NYSE:GE), which dropped out of the Dow 30 during 2018, ended -56.6%.
- Source: Money.CNN.com
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