In 2023, the S&P 500 Information Technology Index outperformed other sectors, with annual return of 57.8 percent. On the other hand, the S&P 500 Utilities Index recorded the lowest returns, with a loss of 7.1 percent.

As of June 2020, the information technology sector increased its weight to 27.5 percent within the global economy and was the riskiest sector for financial investors according Standard & Poor's index sector weightings. Within the I.T. sector index are companies like Apple Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Amazon.com Inc. and Facebook.

View data of the S&P 500, an index of the stocks of 500 leading companies in the US economy, which provides a gauge of the U.S. equity market.

The Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 Index is an index of 500 leading publicly traded companies in the United States. In 2021, the index value closed at ******** points, which was the second highest value on record despite the economic effects of the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In 2023, the index values closed at ********, the highest value ever recorded. What is the S&P 500? The S&P 500 was established in 1860 and expanded to its present form of 500 stocks in 1957. It tracks the price of stocks on the major stock exchanges in the United States, distilling their performance down to a single number that investors can use as a snapshot of the economy’s performance at a given moment. This snapshot can be explored further. For example, the index can be examined by industry sector, which gives a more detailed illustration of the economy. Other measures Being a stock market index, the S&P 500 only measures equities performance. In addition to other stock market indices, analysts will look to other indicators such as GDP growth, unemployment rates, and projected inflation. Similarly, since these indicators say something about the economic future, stock market investors will use these indicators to speculate on the stocks in the S&P 500.

United States New York Stock Exchange: Index: S&P 500 Energy Sector data was reported at 617.470 NA in Apr 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 715.750 NA for Mar 2025. United States New York Stock Exchange: Index: S&P 500 Energy Sector data is updated monthly, averaging 534.950 NA from Aug 2013 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 141 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 727.630 NA in Jun 2014 and a record low of 216.820 NA in Oct 2020. United States New York Stock Exchange: Index: S&P 500 Energy Sector data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Exchange Data International Limited. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.EDI.SE: New York Stock Exchange: S&P: Monthly.

New York Stock Exchange: Index: S&P 500 Financials Sector data was reported at 811.110 NA in Apr 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 829.460 NA for Mar 2025. New York Stock Exchange: Index: S&P 500 Financials Sector data is updated monthly, averaging 455.350 NA from Aug 2013 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 141 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 866.840 NA in Feb 2025 and a record low of 261.500 NA in Aug 2013. New York Stock Exchange: Index: S&P 500 Financials Sector data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Exchange Data International Limited. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.EDI.SE: New York Stock Exchange: S&P: Monthly.

New York Stock Exchange: Index: S&P 500 Materials Sector data was reported at 529.860 NA in Apr 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 541.980 NA for Mar 2025. New York Stock Exchange: Index: S&P 500 Materials Sector data is updated monthly, averaging 364.660 NA from Aug 2013 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 141 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 607.700 NA in Sep 2024 and a record low of 244.590 NA in Jan 2016. New York Stock Exchange: Index: S&P 500 Materials Sector data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Exchange Data International Limited. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.EDI.SE: New York Stock Exchange: S&P: Monthly.

This statistic presents the returns of the S&P 500 Financials Index in the United States from 2007 to 2023. The financial sector had its worst year in 2008, where it lost 55.3 percent of its value. In 2023, it gained 12.2 percent of value, despite recording a loss in the previous year.

S&P 500 index data including level, dividend, earnings and P/E ratio on a monthly basis since 1870. The S&P 500 (Standard and Poor's 500) is a free-float, capitalization-weighted index of the top ...

New York Stock Exchange: Index: S&P 500 Information Technology Sector data was reported at 4,083.590 NA in Apr 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 4,019.980 NA for Mar 2025. New York Stock Exchange: Index: S&P 500 Information Technology Sector data is updated monthly, averaging 1,381.760 NA from Aug 2013 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 141 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4,609.520 NA in Dec 2024 and a record low of 504.980 NA in Aug 2013. New York Stock Exchange: Index: S&P 500 Information Technology Sector data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Exchange Data International Limited. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.EDI.SE: New York Stock Exchange: S&P: Monthly.

This statistic presents the returns of the S&P 500 Information Technology Index in the United States from 2007 to 2023. The IT sector had its worst year in 2008, where it lost 43.1 percent of its value. After three years of value gain, it lost 28.2 percent of its value in 2022. On the contrary, 2023 witnessed the second-highest value gain during this period, reaching 57.8 percent.

The Standard & Poor's 500 stock index (S&P 500) is a commonly cited indicator of stock market performance. It is a scaled average of 500 large-capitalization common stocks in the United States. The companies included in the index operate in various sectors across the economy, including energy, finance, telecommunications, retail and manufacturing. The values presented in this report are the December 31 close figures. Data is sourced from the St. Louis Federal Reserve.

United States New York Stock Exchange: Index: S&P 500 Industrials Sector data was reported at 1,111.410 NA in Apr 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,109.720 NA for Mar 2025. United States New York Stock Exchange: Index: S&P 500 Industrials Sector data is updated monthly, averaging 640.330 NA from Aug 2013 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 141 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,214.040 NA in Nov 2024 and a record low of 379.900 NA in Aug 2013. United States New York Stock Exchange: Index: S&P 500 Industrials Sector data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Exchange Data International Limited. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.EDI.SE: New York Stock Exchange: S&P: Monthly.

Prices for United States Stock Market Index (US500) including live quotes, historical charts and news. United States Stock Market Index (US500) was last updated by Trading Economics this June 9 of 2025.

This statistic presents the returns of the S&P 500 Industrials Index in the United States from 2007 to 2023. The industrial sector had its worst year in 2008, where it lost 39.9 percent of its value. In 2023, it reached a 12.4 percent gain, despite recording some losses the previous year.

United States New York Stock Exchange: Index: S&P 500 Consumer Staples Sector data was reported at 902.340 NA in Apr 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 892.710 NA for Mar 2025. United States New York Stock Exchange: Index: S&P 500 Consumer Staples Sector data is updated monthly, averaging 595.210 NA from Aug 2013 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 141 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 918.340 NA in Feb 2025 and a record low of 406.320 NA in Aug 2013. United States New York Stock Exchange: Index: S&P 500 Consumer Staples Sector data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Exchange Data International Limited. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.EDI.SE: New York Stock Exchange: S&P: Monthly.

The S&P 500, an index of 500 publicly traded companies in the United States, closed at 5,881.63 points on the last trading day of December 2024. What is the S&P 500? The S&P 500 is a stock market index that tracks the evolution of 500 companies. In contrast to the Dow Jones Industrial Index, which measures the performance of thirty large U.S. companies, the S&P 500 shows the sentiments in the broader market. Publicly traded companies Companies on the S&P 500 are publicly traded, meaning that anyone can invest in them. A large share of adults in the United States invest in the stock market, though many of these are through a retirement account or mutual fund. While most people make a modest return, the most successful investors have made billions of U.S. dollars through investing.

This dataset consists of five CSV files that provide detailed data on a stock portfolio and related market performance over the last 5 years. It includes portfolio positions, stock prices, and major U.S. market indices (NASDAQ, S&P 500, and Dow Jones). The data is essential for conducting portfolio analysis, financial modeling, and performance tracking.

1. Portfolio

This file contains the portfolio composition with details about individual stock positions, including the quantity of shares, sector, and their respective weights in the portfolio. The data also includes the stock's closing price.

• Columns:
  • Ticker: The stock symbol (e.g., AAPL, TSLA)
  • Quantity: The number of shares in the portfolio
  • Sector: The sector the stock belongs to (e.g., Technology, Healthcare)
  • Close: The closing price of the stock
  • Weight: The weight of the stock in the portfolio (as a percentage of total portfolio)

2. Portfolio Prices

This file contains historical pricing data for the stocks in the portfolio. It includes daily open, high, low, close prices, adjusted close prices, returns, and volume of traded stocks.

• Columns:
  • Date: The date of the data point
  • Ticker: The stock symbol
  • Open: The opening price of the stock on that day
  • High: The highest price reached on that day
  • Low: The lowest price reached on that day
  • Close: The closing price of the stock
  • Adjusted: The adjusted closing price after stock splits and dividends
  • Returns: Daily percentage return based on close prices
  • Volume: The volume of shares traded that day

3. NASDAQ

This file contains historical pricing data for the NASDAQ Composite index, providing similar data as in the Portfolio Prices file, but for the NASDAQ market index.

• Columns:
  • Date: The date of the data point
  • Ticker: The stock symbol (for NASDAQ index, this will be "IXIC")
  • Open: The opening price of the index
  • High: The highest value reached on that day
  • Low: The lowest value reached on that day
  • Close: The closing value of the index
  • Adjusted: The adjusted closing value after any corporate actions
  • Returns: Daily percentage return based on close values
  • Volume: The volume of shares traded

4. S&P 500

This file contains similar historical pricing data, but for the S&P 500 index, providing insights into the performance of the top 500 U.S. companies.

• Columns:
  • Date: The date of the data point
  • Ticker: The stock symbol (for S&P 500 index, this will be "SPX")
  • Open: The opening price of the index
  • High: The highest value reached on that day
  • Low: The lowest value reached on that day
  • Close: The closing value of the index
  • Adjusted: The adjusted closing value after any corporate actions
  • Returns: Daily percentage return based on close values
  • Volume: The volume of shares traded

5. Dow Jones

This file contains similar historical pricing data for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, providing insights into one of the most widely followed stock market indices in the world.

• Columns:
  • Date: The date of the data point
  • Ticker: The stock symbol (for Dow Jones index, this will be "DJI")
  • Open: The opening price of the index
  • High: The highest value reached on that day
  • Low: The lowest value reached on that day
  • Close: The closing value of the index
  • Adjusted: The adjusted closing value after any corporate actions
  • Returns: Daily percentage return based on close values
  • Volume: The volume of shares traded

Personal Portfolio Data

This data is received using a custom framework that fetches real-time and historical stock data from Yahoo Finance. It provides the portfolio’s data based on user-specific stock holdings and performance, allowing for personalized analysis. The personal framework ensures the portfolio data is automatically retrieved and updated with the latest stock prices, returns, and performance metrics.

This part of the dataset would typically involve data specific to a particular user’s stock positions, weights, and performance, which can be integrated with the other files for portfolio performance analysis.

Until the fourth quarter of 2023, the S&P 500 and the S&P 500 ESG index exhibited similar performance, both indexes were weighted to similar industries as the S&P 500 followed the leading 500 companies in the United States. Throughout 2024, the S&P 500 ESG index steadily outperformed the S&P 500 by three points on average. During the coronavirus pandemic, the technology sector was one of the best-performing sectors in the market. The major differences between the two indexes were the S&P 500 ESG index was skewed towards firms with higher environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores and had a higher concentration of technology securities than the S&P 500 index. What is a market capitalization index? Both the S&P 500 and the S&P 500 ESG are market capitalization indexes, meaning the individual components (such as stocks and other securities) weighted to the indexes influence the overall value. Market trends such as inflation, interest rates, and international issues like the coronavirus pandemic and the popularity of ESG among professional investors affect the performance of stocks. When weighted components rise in value this causes an increase in the overall value of the index they are weighted too. What trends are driving index performance? Recent economic and social trends have led to higher levels of ESG integration and maintenance among firms worldwide and higher prioritization from investors to include ESG-focused firms in their investment choices. From a global survey group over one-third of the respondents were willing to prioritize ESG benefits over a higher return on their investment. These trends influenced the performance of securities on the market, leading to an increased value of individual weighted stocks, resulting in an overall increase in the index value.

United States New York Stock Exchange: Index: S&P 500 Utilities Sector data was reported at 400.990 NA in Apr 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 400.810 NA for Mar 2025. United States New York Stock Exchange: Index: S&P 500 Utilities Sector data is updated monthly, averaging 293.950 NA from Aug 2013 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 141 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 418.720 NA in Nov 2024 and a record low of 188.440 NA in Aug 2013. United States New York Stock Exchange: Index: S&P 500 Utilities Sector data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Exchange Data International Limited. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.EDI.SE: New York Stock Exchange: S&P: Monthly.