S&P 500 Index
The S&P 500 Index is a free-float capitalization-weighted index, which includes 500 large-cap common stocks traded actively in the United States.
The S&P 500 index, also known as S&P 500, SP500 or Standard & Poor's 500 index, includes 500 large-cap common public stocks actively traded in the U.S. stock exchanges. After the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 index is the most widely followed index of large-cap U.S. stocks, capturing 75% coverage of U.S. equities. It is considered a bellwether for the American economy, as it is includes both growth stocks and the generally less volatile value stocks.
Calculation Of Index
The S&P 500 index has traditionally been market-value weighted, meaning, movements in the prices of stocks with higher market capitalizations have a greater effect on the index than companies with smaller market caps. Since 2005 the S&P 500 index is float weighted. That is, Standard & Poor's now calculates the market caps relevant to the index using only the number of "float" shares, which are available for public trading.
Selection Of Index Components
The S&P 500 index is focused on U.S.-based publicly traded companies, although there are a few legacy companies with headquarters in other countries. The stocks included in the S&P 500 are those of large publicly held companies that trade on either of the two largest American stock market companies; the NYSE Euronext and the NASDAQ OMX. The components of the S&P 500 index are selected by committee, so they are representative of the industries in the United States economy.
Index Historical Chart
The S&P 500 index in its present is published since 03-04-1957. S&P 500 index reached all-time highs just before the last financial crisis on 09-11-2007, when index reached intraday level of 1,576.09 points. The latest minimal value of the index was reached in March 2009, when index fell below the 680 level.
Index Sector Allocation
The S&P 500 index has the following sector allocation (as of 5/28/2010):
- Information Technology: 18.81%
- Financials: 16.44%
- Health Care: 11.63%
- Consumer Staples: 11.22%
- Energy: 10.82%
- Consumer Discretionary: 10.69%
- Industrials: 10.59%
- Utilities: 3.52%
- Materials: 3.44%
- Telecommunication Services: 2.84%
Index Components
The S&P 500 index components shown in table below are sorted by weightings and valid as of 5/28/2010.
| Company | Symbol | Sector | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | Energy | 2.90% |
| Apple Inc | AAPL | Information Technology | 2.36% |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | Information Technology | 2.00% |
| Procter & Gamble Co | PG | Consumer Staples | 1.80% |
| General Electric Co | GE | Industrials | 1.77% |
| International Business Mach | IBM | Information Technology | 1.65% |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | Health Care | 1.63% |
| Bank Of America Corporation | BAC | Financials | 1.60% |
| Jpmorgan Chase & Co | JPM | Financials | 1.60% |
| Wells Fargo & Co New | WFC | Financials | 1.51% |
| Chevron Corp New | CVX | Energy | 1.51% |
| At&T Inc | T | Telecommunication Services | 1.46% |
| Cisco Sys Inc | CSCO | Information Technology | 1.35% |
| Pfizer Inc | PFE | Health Care | 1.25% |
| Coca Cola Co | KO | Consumer Staples | 1.20% |
| Intel Corp | INTC | Information Technology | 1.20% |
| Google Inc | GOOG | Information Technology | 1.19% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc Del | BRK.B | Financials | 1.19% |
| Hewlett Packard Co | HPQ | Information Technology | 1.10% |
| Wal Mart Stores Inc | WMT | Consumer Staples | 1.10% |
| Merck & Co Inc New | MRK | Health Care | 1.07% |
| Pepsico Inc | PEP | Consumer Staples | 1.04% |
| Oracle Corp | ORCL | Information Technology | 0.90% |
| Philip Morris Intl Inc | PM | Consumer Staples | 0.84% |
| Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | Telecommunication Services | 0.79% |
| Citigroup Inc | C | Financials | 0.79% |
| Conocophillips | COP | Energy | 0.78% |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | GS | Financials | 0.77% |
| Abbott Labs | ABT | Health Care | 0.75% |
| Mcdonalds Corp | MCD | Consumer Discretionary | 0.73% |
| Schlumberger Ltd | SLB | Energy | 0.68% |
| Occidental Pete Corp Del | OXY | Energy | 0.68% |
| Disney Walt Co | DIS | Consumer Discretionary | 0.66% |
| United Technologies Corp | UTX | Industrials | 0.64% |
| United Parcel Service Inc | UPS | Industrials | 0.63% |
| Qualcomm Inc | QCOM | Information Technology | 0.61% |
| Home Depot Inc | HD | Consumer Discretionary | 0.58% |
| 3M Co | MMM | Industrials | 0.57% |
| Comcast Corp New | CMCSA | Consumer Discretionary | 0.52% |
| Amgen Inc | AMGN | Health Care | 0.51% |
| Kraft Foods Inc | KFT | Consumer Staples | 0.50% |
| Boeing Co | BA | Industrials | 0.49% |
| Cvs Caremark Corporation | CVS | Consumer Staples | 0.49% |
| American Express Co | AXP | Financials | 0.48% |
| Us Bancorp Del | USB | Financials | 0.47% |
| Medtronic Inc | MDT | Health Care | 0.44% |
| Amazon Com Inc | AMZN | Consumer Discretionary | 0.44% |
| Altria Group Inc | MO | Consumer Staples | 0.43% |
| Target Corp | TGT | Consumer Discretionary | 0.42% |
| Bristol Myers Squibb Co | BMY | Health Care | 0.40% |
| Ford Mtr Co Del | F | Consumer Discretionary | 0.40% |
| Colgate Palmolive Co | CL | Consumer Staples | 0.39% |
| E M C Corp Mass | EMC | Information Technology | 0.39% |
| Caterpillar Inc Del | CAT | Industrials | 0.39% |
| Morgan Stanley | MS | Financials | 0.38% |
| Lowes Cos Inc | LOW | Consumer Discretionary | 0.37% |
| Union Pac Corp | UNP | Industrials | 0.37% |
| Time Warner Inc | TWX | Consumer Discretionary | 0.36% |
| Directv | DTV | Consumer Discretionary | 0.36% |
| Emerson Elec Co | EMR | Industrials | 0.35% |
| Unitedhealth Group Inc | UNH | Health Care | 0.34% |
| Lilly Eli & Co | LLY | Health Care | 0.34% |
| Metlife Inc | MET | Financials | 0.34% |
| Freeport-Mcmoran Copper & G | FCX | Materials | 0.33% |
| Bank Of New York Mellon Cor | BK | Financials | 0.33% |
| Honeywell Intl Inc | HON | Industrials | 0.33% |
| Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co | DD | Materials | 0.33% |
| Pnc Finl Svcs Group Inc | PNC | Financials | 0.33% |
| Gilead Sciences Inc | GILD | Health Care | 0.33% |
| Visa Inc | V | Information Technology | 0.33% |
| Walgreen Co | WAG | Consumer Staples | 0.32% |
| Dow Chem Co | DOW | Materials | 0.31% |
| Texas Instrs Inc | TXN | Information Technology | 0.31% |
| Apache Corp | APA | Energy | 0.31% |
| News Corp | NWSA | Consumer Discretionary | 0.30% |
| Devon Energy Corp New | DVN | Energy | 0.29% |
| Nike Inc | NKE | Consumer Discretionary | 0.29% |
| Monsanto Co New | MON | Materials | 0.28% |
| Express Scripts Inc | ESRX | Health Care | 0.28% |
| Corning Inc | GLW | Information Technology | 0.28% |
| Prudential Finl Inc | PRU | Financials | 0.27% |
| Southern Co | SO | Utilities | 0.27% |
| Medco Health Solutions Inc | MHS | Health Care | 0.27% |
| Eog Res Inc | EOG | Energy | 0.27% |
| Newmont Mining Corp | NEM | Materials | 0.27% |
| General Dynamics Corp | GD | Industrials | 0.27% |
| Fedex Corp | FDX | Industrials | 0.27% |
| Anadarko Pete Corp | APC | Energy | 0.26% |
| Costco Whsl Corp New | COST | Consumer Staples | 0.26% |
| Exelon Corp | EXC | Utilities | 0.26% |
| Baxter Intl Inc | BAX | Health Care | 0.26% |
| Travelers Companies Inc | TRV | Financials | 0.26% |
| Kimberly Clark Corp | KMB | Consumer Staples | 0.26% |
| Lockheed Martin Corp | LMT | Industrials | 0.26% |
| Xto Energy Inc | XTO | Energy | 0.25% |
| Simon Ppty Group Inc New | SPG | Financials | 0.25% |
| Deere & Co | DE | Industrials | 0.25% |
| Celgene Corp | CELG | Health Care | 0.25% |
| Ebay Inc | EBAY | Information Technology | 0.25% |
| Praxair Inc | PX | Materials | 0.24% |
| General Mls Inc | GIS | Consumer Staples | 0.24% |
| Dominion Res Inc Va New | D | Utilities | 0.24% |
| Dell Inc | DELL | Information Technology | 0.23% |
| Wellpoint Inc | WLP | Health Care | 0.23% |
| Halliburton Co | HAL | Energy | 0.23% |
| Marathon Oil Corp | MRO | Energy | 0.22% |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific In | TMO | Health Care | 0.22% |
| Cme Group Inc | CME | Financials | 0.21% |
| Duke Energy Corp New | DUK | Utilities | 0.21% |
| Bb&T Corp | BBT | Financials | 0.21% |
| Norfolk Southern Corp | NSC | Industrials | 0.21% |
| Danaher Corp Del | DHR | Industrials | 0.21% |
| Aflac Inc | AFL | Financials | 0.21% |
| Automatic Data Processing I | ADP | Information Technology | 0.21% |
| Fpl Group Inc | FPL | Utilities | 0.21% |
| Viacom Inc New | VIA.B | Consumer Discretionary | 0.21% |
| Csx Corp | CSX | Industrials | 0.21% |
| Raytheon Co | RTN | Industrials | 0.20% |
| Mastercard Inc | MA | Information Technology | 0.20% |
| Time Warner Cable Inc | TWC | Consumer Discretionary | 0.20% |
| Starbucks Corp | SBUX | Consumer Discretionary | 0.20% |
| Yum Brands Inc | YUM | Consumer Discretionary | 0.20% |
| Johnson Ctls Inc | JCI | Consumer Discretionary | 0.19% |
| Tjx Cos Inc New | TJX | Consumer Discretionary | 0.19% |
| State Str Corp | STT | Financials | 0.19% |
| Mckesson Corp | MCK | Health Care | 0.19% |
| Capital One Finl Corp | COF | Financials | 0.19% |
| Allergan Inc | AGN | Health Care | 0.19% |
| Northrop Grumman Corp | NOC | Industrials | 0.19% |
| Yahoo Inc | YHOO | Information Technology | 0.19% |
| Illinois Tool Wks Inc | ITW | Industrials | 0.18% |
| Sysco Corp | SYY | Consumer Staples | 0.18% |
| Applied Matls Inc | AMAT | Information Technology | 0.18% |
| Adobe Sys Inc | ADBE | Information Technology | 0.17% |
| Becton Dickinson & Co | BDX | Health Care | 0.17% |
| Precision Castparts Corp | PCP | Industrials | 0.17% |
| Chubb Corp | CB | Financials | 0.17% |
| Allstate Corp | ALL | Financials | 0.17% |
| Baker Hughes Inc | BHI | Energy | 0.17% |
| American Tower Corp | AMT | Telecommunication Services | 0.17% |
| Archer Daniels Midland Co | ADM | Consumer Staples | 0.16% |
| Schwab Charles Corp New | SCHW | Financials | 0.16% |
| National Oilwell Varco Inc | NOV | Energy | 0.16% |
| Motorola Inc | MOT | Information Technology | 0.16% |
| Waste Mgmt Inc Del | WM | Industrials | 0.16% |
| Carnival Corp | CCL | Consumer Discretionary | 0.16% |
| Staples Inc | SPLS | Consumer Discretionary | 0.16% |
| Kohls Corp | KSS | Consumer Discretionary | 0.16% |
| Public Svc Enterprise Group | PEG | Utilities | 0.16% |
| Hess Corp | HES | Energy | 0.16% |
| Pg&E Corp | PCG | Utilities | 0.16% |
| American Elec Pwr Inc | AEP | Utilities | 0.16% |
| Sprint Nextel Corp | S | Telecommunication Services | 0.16% |
| Stryker Corp | SYK | Health Care | 0.15% |
| Paccar Inc | PCAR | Industrials | 0.15% |
| Cognizant Technology Soluti | CTSH | Information Technology | 0.15% |
| Broadcom Corp | BRCM | Information Technology | 0.15% |
| Air Prods & Chems Inc | APD | Materials | 0.15% |
| Chesapeake Energy Corp | CHK | Energy | 0.15% |
| Franklin Res Inc | BEN | Financials | 0.15% |
| Best Buy Inc | BBY | Consumer Discretionary | 0.15% |
| Entergy Corp New | ETR | Utilities | 0.14% |
| Juniper Networks Inc | JNPR | Information Technology | 0.14% |
| Heinz H J Co | HNZ | Consumer Staples | 0.14% |
| Cummins Inc | CMI | Industrials | 0.14% |
| Kellogg Co | K | Consumer Staples | 0.14% |
| Nucor Corp | NUE | Materials | 0.14% |
| Suntrust Bks Inc | STI | Financials | 0.14% |
| Progressive Corp Ohio | PGR | Financials | 0.13% |
| Kroger Co | KR | Consumer Staples | 0.13% |
| Southwestern Energy Co | SWN | Energy | 0.13% |
| Netapp Inc | NTAP | Information Technology | 0.13% |
| Spectra Energy Corp | SE | Energy | 0.13% |
| Genzyme Corp | GENZ | Health Care | 0.13% |
| Coach Inc | COH | Consumer Discretionary | 0.13% |
| Price T Rowe Group Inc | TROW | Financials | 0.13% |
| Biogen Idec Inc | BIIB | Health Care | 0.13% |
| Equity Residential | EQR | Financials | 0.13% |
| Xerox Corp | XRX | Information Technology | 0.13% |
| Public Storage | PSA | Financials | 0.13% |
| Aetna Inc New | AET | Health Care | 0.13% |
| Intuitive Surgical Inc | ISRG | Health Care | 0.13% |
| Cardinal Health Inc | CAH | Health Care | 0.13% |
| Northern Tr Corp | NTRS | Financials | 0.12% |
| Vornado Rlty Tr | VNO | Financials | 0.12% |
| St Jude Med Inc | STJ | Health Care | 0.12% |
| Consolidated Edison Inc | ED | Utilities | 0.12% |
| Zimmer Hldgs Inc | ZMH | Health Care | 0.12% |
| Alcoa Inc | AA | Materials | 0.12% |
| Omnicom Group Inc | OMC | Consumer Discretionary | 0.12% |
| Bed Bath & Beyond Inc | BBBY | Consumer Discretionary | 0.12% |
| Marsh & Mclennan Cos Inc | MMC | Financials | 0.12% |
| Eaton Corp | ETN | Industrials | 0.12% |
| Loews Corp | L | Financials | 0.12% |
| Williams Cos Inc Del | WMB | Energy | 0.12% |
| Symantec Corp | SYMC | Information Technology | 0.12% |
| Sempra Energy | SRE | Utilities | 0.12% |
| Avon Prods Inc | AVP | Consumer Staples | 0.11% |
| Agilent Technologies Inc | A | Information Technology | 0.11% |
| Intuit | INTU | Information Technology | 0.11% |
| Ecolab Inc | ECL | Materials | 0.11% |
| Hartford Finl Svcs Group In | HIG | Financials | 0.11% |
| Lorillard Inc | LO | Consumer Staples | 0.11% |
| Progress Energy Inc | PGN | Utilities | 0.11% |
| Western Un Co | WU | Information Technology | 0.11% |
| Firstenergy Corp | FE | Utilities | 0.11% |
| Conagra Foods Inc | CAG | Consumer Staples | 0.11% |
| Discovery Communicatns New | DISCA | Consumer Discretionary | 0.11% |
| Sandisk Corp | SNDK | Information Technology | 0.11% |
| Boston Properties Inc | BXP | Financials | 0.11% |
| Ppg Inds Inc | PPG | Materials | 0.11% |
| Valero Energy Corp New | VLO | Energy | 0.11% |
| Edison Intl | EIX | Utilities | 0.11% |
| Aon Corp | AON | Financials | 0.11% |
| Peabody Energy Corp | BTU | Energy | 0.11% |
| Gap Inc Del | GPS | Consumer Discretionary | 0.11% |
| Noble Energy Inc | NBL | Energy | 0.11% |
| Fifth Third Bancorp | FITB | Financials | 0.10% |
| Centurytel Inc | CTL | Telecommunication Services | 0.10% |
| Murphy Oil Corp | MUR | Energy | 0.10% |
| Ameriprise Finl Inc | AMP | Financials | 0.10% |
| Mead Johnson Nutrition Co | MJN | Consumer Staples | 0.10% |
| Intl Paper Co | IP | Materials | 0.10% |
| Parker Hannifin Corp | PH | Industrials | 0.10% |
| Cbs Corp New | CBS | Consumer Discretionary | 0.10% |
| Ppl Corp | PPL | Utilities | 0.10% |
| C H Robinson Worldwide Inc | CHRW | Industrials | 0.10% |
| Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc | DPS | Consumer Staples | 0.10% |
| L-3 Communications Hldgs In | LLL | Industrials | 0.10% |
| Salesforce Com Inc | CRM | Information Technology | 0.10% |
| Sara Lee Corp | SLE | Consumer Staples | 0.10% |
| Republic Svcs Inc | RSG | Industrials | 0.10% |
| Hcp Inc | HCP | Financials | 0.10% |
| Xcel Energy Inc | XEL | Utilities | 0.09% |
| Macys Inc | M | Consumer Discretionary | 0.09% |
| Smith Intl Inc | SII | Energy | 0.09% |
| Host Hotels & Resorts Inc | HST | Financials | 0.09% |
| Southwest Airls Co | LUV | Industrials | 0.09% |
| Cigna Corp | CI | Health Care | 0.09% |
| Rockwell Collins Inc | COL | Industrials | 0.09% |
| Paychex Inc | PAYX | Information Technology | 0.09% |
| Boston Scientific Corp | BSX | Health Care | 0.09% |
| Regions Financial Corp New | RF | Financials | 0.09% |
| Fidelity Natl Information S | FIS | Information Technology | 0.09% |
| Life Technologies Corp | LIFE | Health Care | 0.09% |
| Weyerhaeuser Co | WY | Materials | 0.09% |
| Cameron International Corp | CAM | Energy | 0.09% |
| Amerisourcebergen Corp | ABC | Health Care | 0.09% |
| Itt Corp New | ITT | Industrials | 0.09% |
| Reynolds American Inc | RAI | Consumer Staples | 0.09% |
| Clorox Co Del | CLX | Consumer Staples | 0.09% |
| Stanley Black & Decker Inc | SWK | Consumer Discretionary | 0.09% |
| Mcgraw Hill Cos Inc | MHP | Consumer Discretionary | 0.09% |
| Priceline Com Inc | PCLN | Consumer Discretionary | 0.09% |
| Principal Finl Group Inc | PFG | Financials | 0.09% |
| Goodrich Corp | GR | Industrials | 0.09% |
| Analog Devices Inc | ADI | Information Technology | 0.09% |
| Starwood Hotels&Resorts Wrl | HOT | Consumer Discretionary | 0.09% |
| Safeway Inc | SWY | Consumer Staples | 0.09% |
| Intercontinentalexchange In | ICE | Financials | 0.09% |
| Hospira Inc | HSP | Health Care | 0.09% |
| Marriott Intl Inc New | MAR | Consumer Discretionary | 0.09% |
| Fluor Corp New | FLR | Industrials | 0.09% |
| Dover Corp | DOV | Industrials | 0.08% |
| Coca Cola Enterprises Inc | CCE | Consumer Staples | 0.08% |
| Expeditors Intl Wash Inc | EXPD | Industrials | 0.08% |
| Citrix Sys Inc | CTXS | Information Technology | 0.08% |
| Ca Inc | CA | Information Technology | 0.08% |
| Lincoln Natl Corp Ind | LNC | Financials | 0.08% |
| Consol Energy Inc | CNX | Energy | 0.08% |
| Avalonbay Cmntys Inc | AVB | Financials | 0.08% |
| Invesco Ltd | IVZ | Financials | 0.08% |
| Western Digital Corp | WDC | Information Technology | 0.08% |
| El Paso Corp | EP | Energy | 0.08% |
| Quest Diagnostics Inc | DGX | Health Care | 0.08% |
| Laboratory Corp Amer Hldgs | LH | Health Care | 0.08% |
| Mattel Inc | MAT | Consumer Discretionary | 0.08% |
| Questar Corp | STR | Utilities | 0.08% |
| Humana Inc | HUM | Health Care | 0.08% |
| Forest Labs Inc | FRX | Health Care | 0.08% |
| Whirlpool Corp | WHR | Consumer Discretionary | 0.08% |
| Qwest Communications Intl I | Q | Telecommunication Services | 0.08% |
| Hershey Co | HSY | Consumer Staples | 0.08% |
| Bard C R Inc | BCR | Health Care | 0.08% |
| Micron Technology Inc | MU | Information Technology | 0.08% |
| Unum Group | UNM | Financials | 0.08% |
| Computer Sciences Corp | CSC | Information Technology | 0.08% |
| Rockwell Automation Inc | ROK | Industrials | 0.08% |
| Genworth Finl Inc | GNW | Financials | 0.08% |
| Cliffs Natural Resources In | CLF | Materials | 0.08% |
| Dte Energy Co | DTE | Utilities | 0.08% |
| Nyse Euronext | NYX | Financials | 0.08% |
| Pioneer Nat Res Co | PXD | Energy | 0.07% |
| Ventas Inc | VTR | Financials | 0.07% |
| Amphenol Corp New | APH | Information Technology | 0.07% |
| Discover Finl Svcs | DFS | Financials | 0.07% |
| Nvidia Corp | NVDA | Information Technology | 0.07% |
| Fiserv Inc | FISV | Information Technology | 0.07% |
| Fortune Brands Inc | FO | Consumer Discretionary | 0.07% |
| Range Res Corp | RRC | Energy | 0.07% |
| Constellation Energy Group | CEG | Utilities | 0.07% |
| Fmc Technologies Inc | FTI | Energy | 0.07% |
| Harley Davidson Inc | HOG | Consumer Discretionary | 0.07% |
| Sherwin Williams Co | SHW | Consumer Discretionary | 0.07% |
| Keycorp New | KEY | Financials | 0.07% |
| O Reilly Automotive Inc | ORLY | Consumer Discretionary | 0.07% |
| Altera Corp | ALTR | Information Technology | 0.07% |
| Whole Foods Mkt Inc | WFMI | Consumer Staples | 0.07% |
| Lauder Estee Cos Inc | EL | Consumer Staples | 0.07% |
| Aes Corp | AES | Utilities | 0.07% |
| V F Corp | VFC | Consumer Discretionary | 0.07% |
| Apollo Group Inc | APOL | Consumer Discretionary | 0.07% |
| Akamai Technologies Inc | AKAM | Information Technology | 0.07% |
| United States Stl Corp New | X | Materials | 0.07% |
| Bmc Software Inc | BMC | Information Technology | 0.07% |
| Xilinx Inc | XLNX | Information Technology | 0.07% |
| Campbell Soup Co | CPB | Consumer Staples | 0.07% |
| Autodesk Inc | ADSK | Information Technology | 0.07% |
| Limited Brands Inc | LTD | Consumer Discretionary | 0.07% |
| Comerica Inc | CMA | Financials | 0.07% |
| Fastenal Co | FAST | Industrials | 0.07% |
| M & T Bk Corp | MTB | Financials | 0.07% |
| Smucker J M Co | SJM | Consumer Staples | 0.07% |
| Nordstrom Inc | JWN | Consumer Discretionary | 0.07% |
| Davita Inc | DVA | Health Care | 0.07% |
| Denbury Res Inc | DNR | Energy | 0.07% |
| Molson Coors Brewing Co | TAP | Consumer Staples | 0.07% |