Wall Street ends solid 2016 on dour note

A trader wears glasses that say "2017" ahead of the new year on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 30, 2016, the last business day of this year. - REUTERS

U.S. stocks saw solid gains in 2016, buoyed by a post-election rally that fueled the Dow Jones Industrial Average <.DJI> to its best performance since 2013 and while the S&P 500 <.SPX> fell just short of a double-digit return. Below is a list of major indexes, sectors, and the S&P's best and worst performers for the year.

Index RIC YTD Pct change

S&P 500 <.SPX> +9.5

Dow Jones <.DJI> +13.4

Industrial Average

Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> +7.5

Russell 2000 <.RUT> +19.5

S&P Smallcap 600 <.SPCY> +24.7

S&P Midcap 400 <.IDX> +18.7

Dow Jones <.DJT> +20.4

Transportation

Average

MSCI All-World <.MIWD00000PUS> +5.6

Index

S&P sector RIC YTD pct change

Energy <.SPNY> +23.7

Financial <.SPSY> +20.1

Telecom <.SPLRCL> +17.8

Industrials <.SPLRCI> +16.1

Materials <.SPLRCM> +14.1

Utilities <.SPLRCU> +12.2

Technology <.SPLRCT> +12.0

Consumer <.SPLRCD> +4.3

Discretionary

Consumer Staples <.SPLRCS> +2.6

Real Estate <.SPLRCR> +0.01

Healthcare <.SPXHC> -4.4

Best S&P Performers RIC YTD Pct change

Nvidia +223.8

ONEOK Inc +132.8

Freeport-McMoRan +94.8

Newmont Mining +89.4

Applied Materials +72.8

Worst S&P RIC YTD Pct change

Performers

Endo Int'l -73.1

First Solar -51.4

TripAdvisor -45.6

Perrigo Co -42.5

Vertex -41.5

Pharmaceuticals

Dow 30 RIC YTD Pct change

Caterpillar +36.5

UnitedHealth Group +36.0

Goldman Sachs +32.9

Chevron +30.8

JPMorgan Chase +30.7

IBM +20.6

3M Co +18.5

Exxon Mobil +15.8

Verizon +15.5

Communications

United Technologies +14.1

Wal-Mart Stores +12.8

Johnson & Johnson +12.2

Microsoft +12.0

Merck & Co +11.5

Cisco Systems +11.3

DuPont Co +10.2

Apple Inc +10.0

Travelers Cos +8.5

Boeing Co +7.7

American Express +6.5

Procter & Gamble +5.9

Intel Corp +5.3

McDonald's Corp +3.0

General Electric +1.4

Home Depot +1.4

Pfizer Inc +0.6

Visa Inc +0.6

Walt Disney Co -0.8

Coca-Cola Co -3.5

Nike Inc -18.7 - Reuters