Best and Worst Stocks of 2016

In the end, 2016 was a very good year for the stock market, with the S&P 500 index rising by 9.5 percent. Here are the top performers on the S&P for 2016:

1. Nvidia, up 300% 
2. Oneok, up 211%
3. Freeport-McMoRan, up 95%
4. Newmont Mining, up 89%
5. Applied Materials, up 73%

And the five worst performers:

1. Endo International, down 73%
2. First Solar, down 51%
3. TripAdvisor, down 46%
4. Perrigo, down 42%
5. Vertex Pharmaceuticals, down 41%