The S&P 500 is widely regarded as the best large-cap U.S. equities index which is based on top 500 leading companies of United States of India. S&P 500 Index captures approximately 80% coverage of available market capitalization with index assets comprising approximately USD 2.2 trillion.

The S&P 500 index began on March 4, 1957.

 

Industry Allocation of S&P 500

INDUSTRY WEIGHTAGE
Energy 8.44%
Materials 3.17%
Industrials 10.41%
Consumer Discretionary 12.13%
Consumer Staples 9.80%
Health Care 14.21%
Financials 16.65%
Information Technology 19.66%
Telecommunication Services 2.28%
Utilities 3.24%

 

Top 10 Stocks by Index Weight in S&P 500

CONSTITUENT SYMBOL SECTOR
Apple Inc. AAPL Information Technology
Microsoft Corp MSFT Information Technology
Exxon Mobil Corp XOM Energy
General Electric Co GE Industrials
Johnson & Johnson JNJ Health Care
Amazon.com Inc AMZN Consumer Discretionary
Wells Fargo & Co WFC Financials
Berkshire Hathaway B BRK.B Financials
JP Morgan Chase & Co JPM Financials
Facebook Inc A FB Information Technology

 

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