These 5 Stocks Are The Biggest S&P 500 Healthcare Winners of 2020

In the days and weeks leading up to the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the S&P 500 index was hitting all-time highs. On Feb. 19 of this year, it achieved a record peak since the Great Recession of 2008, closing at 3,386.15. 

Then the bottom fell out. By March 23, the S&P 500 had hit a record low, closing at just 2,237.40 -- a more than 1,100-point drop from its high just a month earlier. 

While this has undoubtedly been an extremely rough year for the stock market, we've seen an impressive rally since March thanks to increased optimism regarding a successful vaccine, the distribution of coronavirus stimulus funds (and hopes for a second round), and low interest rates. On Monday, the S&P 500 closed at its new all-time high of 3,431.28.

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