By the Numbers
Kristen Scholer
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Health care stocks spent much of 2012 inching higher, and are currently the sixth best performing sector in the S&P 500, up 7 percent.
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Financial companies in the U.S. and abroad pushed major indices to new highs this week, boosting the S&P 500 to the highest level since May 2008.
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Bank of America stock is up 82 percent from the close of $4.987 on Dec. 19, its lowest price since since March 2009.
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In the past three months, the tide in financials has turned. The sector, which posted an 18 percent loss in 2011, has been consistently up each month this year.
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Here are a bundle of stocks that could see a boost on the back of the new iPad.
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The Russell 2000, an index of 2,000 small-capitalization stocks, could be the next index to post a record high.
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Last year, NYSE total volume was lowest in December and May—the latter month being when all three major indices were at their highs. Could this signal a trend—large gains when volume is low?
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Airline stocks rallied Wednesday, after air carriers Delta and US Airways reported better-than-expected quarterly profits.
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Despite mixed results in the housing sector, many homebuilder stocks are outperforming the overall market by a large margin.
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The first five trading days of January have been an early indicator for how the S&P performed during the year.
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Apple's tumble sent its stock to a 52 week low, and suffered the added misfortune of losing its mantle as "world's most valuable company".
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More than 93 percent of the S&P 500 are trading above their moving 50-day moving average.
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A widespread rally on Wall Street this year, lifted nearly 37 percent of the S&P 500 components to a new 52-week high.
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Some stocks that investors had given up for dead are finding new life in the current market rally.
