These were the 10 best-performing stocks in the S&P 500 in 2021
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Isabelle Lee
Dec 29, 2021, 19:07 IST
The New York Stock Exchange during the 98th Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on December 1, 2021.Bryan R. Smith / AFP
The S&P 500 has returned 30% in 2021, helped by stellar corporate earnings and loose monetary policies.
So far this year, the benchmark index has notched 69 record closing highs.
Top performers include shale producers as oil prices rebounded sharply.
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It has been a wild year for US stocks, which have been whipsawed by the meme frenzy, reopening rallies, supply-chain woes, and new coronavirus variants.
Still, the S&P 500 has notched 69 record closes for 2021 and returned around 30% year to date, thanks in part to stellar corporate earnings and loose monetary policies.
Some of the biggest gainers were shale producers, which have benefited as oil prices surged more than 50%.
Here are the top 10 best-performing S&P 500 stocks of the past year as of Tuesday's close, based on data by Koyfin.
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