The top 10 performance of the S&P 500 constituent stocks concludes the first half of this week

This week was the last trading day of the first half of 2024, and market participants watched the benchmark S&P 500 (SP500) rise 15.1% year-to-date.

Now that trading for the first half of 2024 has ended, investors can look back on the top 10 stocks that have performed so far this year for the S&P 500 constituent stocks. Among them, 5 stocks are in the information technology sector, 3 are in the public service sector, 1 is in the industrial sector, and the remaining 1 is in the healthcare sector.

The following are the top 10 performance stocks up to the end of the first half of the S&P 500.

Top 10 annual performance stocks of the S&P 500 constituent stocks

10th place: First Solar (FSLR) +48.3% YTD.

9th place: Cloud Strike Holdings (CRWD) +48.6% YTD.

8th place: Eli Lilly & Company (LLY) +51.5% YTD.

7th place: NRG Energy (NRG) +54.3% YTD.

6th place: GE Aerospace (GE) +60.5% YTD.

5th place: Micron Technology (MU) +65.8% YTD.

4th Place: Constellation Energy Corporation (CEG) +85.9% YTD.

3rd place: bistro (VST) +125.8% YTD.

2nd place: NVIDIA (NVDA) +187.7% YTD.

1st place: Super Micro Computer (SMCI) +209.3% YTD.