With one quarter of 2023 in the books, how has the S&P 500 performed so far? The index had a tumultuous 2022, ending the year down 18%, its worst performance since 2008. But so far, despite dealing with tight monetary conditions and an unexpected banking crisis, the S&P 500 has promptly started to rebound. The above animation from Jan Varsava shows the stock performance of each company on the S&P 500, categorized by sector. Biggest Gainers on the S&P 500 The S&P 500 increased 7.5% during the first quarter of 2023. Though it was led by a few big outperformers, more than half of the stocks on the index closed above ... (full story)