Only five stocks in S&P 500 The benchmark index was managed to live in Green, which erases $ 5.8 trillion in the market price in its worst four-day dip from the early days of the Kovid epidemic.
Perhaps it is no surprise that these stocks share all one thing: they are all members of the defensive healthcare sector.
But before we managed to stay in the market cap since the 1950s, which shares managed to stay in the biggest absolute wipeout of S&P 500, let’s come here.
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S&P 500, the main benchmark for the US equity performance, is still about 14% below its February summit, the tariff hurt uncertainty. With the rolling of the White House, the market rose in the market between April 2 and April 8 and then stopped parts of its new international trading rule.
Consumer is considered to be better captured when the market is considered to catch defensive areas such as staples, utilities and healthcare. The pleasure is what he did during those four sessions that shook the world. As it may be, these three areas have still lost 7% to 8% respectively.
This is better than the overall shelacking of S&P 500, but it still left the traders’ screen in red.
Naturally, the bull market’s heavy lifting was the farthest to fall into 7 shares, which pulls the cap-wated benchmark with them. Interesting, while value-loving Dow jones industrial average Hardly harmed, its most influential name actually generated the second best return of any S&P 500 component during the market historical sales.
Take a look at the table below that the five S&P500 stock managed to live in green, as the market was discovered downwards during nervousness. Note that all these companies are defensive healthcare providers. And although the recommendations of Wall Street on these shares are different, United health group (UNH) regularly ranks to buy top S&P 500 stocks of analysts.
Company | % Price change (2-8 April) | market cap | Average broker recommendation |
|---|---|---|---|
Humana (we) | 6.1 | $ 34 billion | Catch |
United Health Group (UNH) | 5.7 | $ 506 billion | strong buy |
Citin (CNC) | 2.8 | $ 31 billion | Buy (mixed conviction) |
Molina Healthcare (MOH) | 0.7 | $ 18 billion | Buy (mixed conviction) |
Height health (ELV) | 0.4 | $ 98 billion | Buy (strong conviction) |
Data by 9 April, 2025, courtesy S&P Global Market Intelligence,
