S&P 500® Price Index

The first U.S. market-cap-weighted stock market index
  • Objective
    Capture equity performance from large-cap U.S. equities
  • Approach
    Market cap weighted
  • Holdings
    500 large-cap companies (503 constituents)
  • Features
    S&P DJI estimates that $11.4 trillion was indexed or benchmarked to the S&P 500®, with indexed (or passively managed) assets making up approximately $5.7 trillion of this total
  • Ticker
    SPX

Helpful Resources

Top five constituents

Historical performance

Source: From 12/31/93 to 12/31/23. Past performance is not an indication or guarantee of future results.

Annual performance

Year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Annual Return 11.39% -0.73% 9.54% 19.42% -6.24% 28.88% 16.26% 26.89% -19.44% 24.23%

Sector breakdown

1 Based on GICS® sectors. The weightings for each sector of the index are rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent; therefore, the aggregate weights for the index may not equal 100%.

The S&P 500 Price Index is widely regarded as the
best single gauge of large-cap U.S. equities.

Source: S&P Dow Jones

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