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Current DateTime: 09:47:46 26 Nov 2009
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Market Cap Rankings Shift Again
Published: Thursday, 18 Jun 2009 | 12:12 PM ET
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By: Ariel Nelson
Director of Market Data & Content Services

At the March 9 bottom, the banks were falling fast and behemoths like Google [GOOG  Loading...      ()   ] were at risk of falling out of the Top 20 biggest companies in the S&P 500 [.SPX  Loading...      ()   ].  Three months later, that has changed significantly.

As of mid day today, Google and JP Morgan Chase are back in top 10 positions, ranking ninth and tenth on the S&P 500 respectively, with General Electric [GE  Loading...      ()   ] and Apple [AAPL  Loading...      ()   ] right behind vying for a spot. 

Exxon Mobil [XOM  Loading...      ()   ], Microsoft [MSFT  Loading...      ()   ], and Wal-Mart [WMT  Loading...      ()   ], continue to hold the top three slots, although Microsoft leap frogged Wal-Mart in the current rally.  Overall, many names in the Top 20 remain the same with three exceptions.  In addition to JP Morgan, Wells Fargo [WFC  Loading...      ()   ] and Hewlett Packard [HPQ  Loading...      ()   ] moved up into the top twenty, while Abbott Labs [ABT  Loading...      ()   ], Pepsico [PEP  Loading...      ()   ], and Philip Morris [PM  Loading...      ()   ] moved down. 

Here are the Top 20 biggest companies in the S&P as of mid day today, according to data from Thomson Reuters:

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