best 1 month performing large cap stocks december 2008

Hartford Financial Services (HIG) had the best month in December 2008 by a large-cap US stock in December 2008, returning 108.4%.

ASSET MONTH % RETURN
Hartford Financial Services (HIG)
December 2008
108.38%
Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM)
December 2008
106.69%
MasTec (MTZ)
December 2008
85.87%
Exelixis (EXEL)
December 2008
67.33%
Principal Financial (PFG)
December 2008
64.75%
Entegris (ENTG)
December 2008
63.42%
Insulet (PODD)
December 2008
61.51%
Darden Restaurants (DRI)
December 2008
57.61%
Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL)
December 2008
52.78%
ICICI Bank (IBN)
December 2008
47.96%
Fidelity National Financial (FNF)
December 2008
46.39%
Prudential Financial (PRU)
December 2008
44.85%
Steel Dynamics (STLD)
December 2008
44.67%
EMCOR (EME)
December 2008
43.97%
ING Group NV ADR (ING)
December 2008
43.59%
Cigna (CI)
December 2008
43.16%
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM)
December 2008
42.58%
Assurant (AIZ)
December 2008
41.38%
Best Buy (BBY)
December 2008
41.11%
Aegon NV ADR (AEG)
December 2008
40.7%
James Hardie Industries PLC ADR (JHX)
December 2008
40.02%
Texas Roadhouse (TXRH)
December 2008
39.39%
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY)
December 2008
37.93%
Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR)
December 2008
37.66%
Nucor (NUE)
December 2008
36.9%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.