The S&P 500 on This Day in History

 

This day in history: The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90 on this day in 1957. The S&P 500 is a stock market index that measures the stock performance of 500 large companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is one of the most commonly followed equity indices. The 10 largest companies in the index are:

Apple Inc. (AAPL) 

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) 

Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)

Facebook [META], Inc.

Alphabet Inc. Class A (GOOGL)

Alphabet Inc. Class C (GOOG)

Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)

Nvidia Corp. (NVDA)

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.B)

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)

In 1957 the ten largest companies were:

General Motors

Exxon Mobil

Ford Motor

U.S. Steel

General Electric

Mobil

Chrysler

Esmark

AT&T Technologies

Gulf Oil 

In 2000 the ten largest companies were:

General Motors

Wal-Mart

Exxon Mobil

Ford Motor

General Electric

IBM

Citigroup

AT&T

Altria Group

Boeing

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