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One year ago today, the S&P index closed at its lowest level since September 1996, down 57% from the market peak reached on October 2007.

n the past twelve months, however, stocks in the S&P index posted an average gain of 117%, helped by a 68% rise of the equity index.


A review of the S&P [.SPX  1140.45    1.95  (+0.17%) ] shows that half of its components have posted gains north of a median return of 85% since the March low, compared to a median gain of 79% for companies in the NASDAQ 100 [.NDX  1901.38    10.49  (+0.55%) ], and a median value of 77% for the stocks in the Dow.


At the forefront of the gains among the ten major S&P sectors, financial stocks are up the most, rising 115%, followed by consumer discretionary and industrial companies, with gains of 99% and 94%, respectively.


Out of the major US indices, the rally has been led by technology stocks, with the NASDAQ Composite [COMP  2340.68    8.47  (+0.36%) ] up 84% since the close on March 9, 2009, and the Russell 2000 Index [.RUT  669.63    2.52  (+0.38%) ], a measure of small-cap companies, advancing 94%.


The tables below portray some of the winners and losers on the one-year anniversary of the market rally. 

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