The 3 Top S&P 500 Stocks in the 3rd Quarter

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has done well this year, and the third quarter gave the index another 4% gain, pushing its return up to the 12% mark for 2017 so far. Even though the broad-based benchmark got support from hundreds of advancing stocks during the period, a few companies in particular were noteworthy for their strong performance. NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG), Gap (NYSE: GPS), and Michael Kors Holdings (NYSE: KORS) were the big winners for the quarter, and some investors think that they could have further to run in the remainder of 2017 and beyond.

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Source: Fool.com