A Look Back at May in the Market

The S&P 500 Index ended up rising 4.5 percent in the month of May. It is up 36.1 percent since bottoming out on March 23, although overall it's down 5.8 percent for 2020. 

These were the biggest gainers among the S&P 500 in May:

1. L Brands, up 36.2 percent
2. Fortinet, up 29.2 percent
3. Dish Network, up 26.5 percent
4. Fortune Brands Home & Security, up 26.5 percent
5. PayPal Holdings, up 26.0 percent
6. Albemarle Corp., up 24.6 percent
7. Lowe's, up 24.4 percent
8. News Corp., up 23.6 percent
9. Dollar Tree, up 22.8 percent
10. Oneok Inc., up 22.6 percent