best performing mega cap stocks third quarter of 1998

Apple (AAPL) had the highest return in Q3 1998 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 32%.

ASSET QUARTER % RETURN
Apple (AAPL)
Q3 1998
32%
Oracle (ORCL)
Q3 1998
18.57%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
Q3 1998
17.45%
International Business Machines (IBM)
Q3 1998
10.97%
Amazon (AMZN)
Q3 1998
9.64%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Q3 1998
7.22%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
Q3 1998
6.1%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
Q3 1998
5.67%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
Q3 1998
3.72%
Microsoft (MSFT)
Q3 1998
0.86%
Chevron (CVX)
Q3 1998
0.83%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
Q3 1998
-0.77%
Merck (MRK)
Q3 1998
-1.88%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
Q3 1998
-1.99%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
Q3 1998
-3.96%
Home Depot (HD)
Q3 1998
-5.03%
Walmart (WMT)
Q3 1998
-11.16%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
Q3 1998
-13.44%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
Q3 1998
-13.65%
McDonald’s (MCD)
Q3 1998
-13.92%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
Q3 1998
-18.25%
AstraZeneca PLC ADR (AZN)
Q3 1998
-19.84%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
Q3 1998
-22.28%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
Q3 1998
-23.73%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
Q3 1998
-23.79%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.