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Pre-election jitters and an elevated number of new COVID-19 infections helped send the S&P 500 Index of the largest U.S. stocks down for a third straight session Monday.
There have been a record 500,000 new coronavirus infections in the U.S. over the past week, according to reporting by the New York Times.
In the S&P 500, three cruise-line companies were among the 15 worst performers. They are listed below.
• The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -3.43% fell 943 points (or 3.4%) to close at 26,519.95. It is now down 7.1% for 2020. This was the largest one-day decline for the index since June 11.
• The S&P 500 SPX, -3.52% was down 3.5%, but was still up 1.2% for 2020.
• The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -3.73% dropped 3.7%, but was still up 22.6% for 2020.
The Dow
All but one of the components of the Dow were down for the day, with Microsoft Corp. MSFT, -4.95% showing the greatest decline of 5.1% and Travelers Cos. TRV, +2.02% being the lone exception with a 2% gain:
| Company | Ticker | Price change – Oct. 28 | Price change – 2020 | Decline from all-time intraday high | Date of all-time intraday high |
| Microsoft Corp. | MSFT, -4.95% | -5.1% | 28.4% | -13.1% | 09/02/2020 |
| Visa Inc. Class A | V, -4.83% | -4.8% | -3.7% | -16.8% | 09/02/2020 |
| Salesforce.com Inc. | CRM, -4.74% | -4.7% | 46.6% | -16.2% | 09/02/2020 |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL, -4.63% | -4.6% | 51.5% | -19.4% | 09/02/2020 |
| Nike Inc. Class B | NKE, -4.61% | -4.6% | 20.5% | -7.1% | 10/21/2020 |
| Boeing Co. | BA, -4.57% | -4.6% | -54.5% | -66.8% | 03/01/2019 |
| Caterpillar Inc. | CAT, -4.27% | -4.3% | 2.4% | -12.7% | 01/16/2018 |
| Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. | WBA, -3.91% | -3.9% | -41.3% | -64.5% | 08/05/2015 |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc. | UNH, -3.90% | -3.9% | 4.8% | -8.2% | 10/23/2020 |
| Coca-Cola Co. | KO, -3.88% | -3.9% | -13.4% | -20.2% | 02/21/2020 |
| Walt Disney Co. | DIS, -3.92% | -3.9% | -18.1% | -22.8% | 11/26/2019 |
| Chevron Corp. | CVX, -3.78% | -3.8% | -44.5% | -50.5% | 07/24/2014 |
| McDonald’s Corp. | MCD, -3.71% | -3.7% | 8.6% | -7.4% | 10/16/2020 |
| International Business Machines Corp. | IBM, -3.53% | -3.5% | -20.4% | -50.6% | 03/15/2013 |
| American Express Co. | AXP, -3.50% | -3.5% | -26.4% | -33.7% | 01/24/2020 |
| Honeywell International Inc. | HON, -3.35% | -3.4% | -8.9% | -12.4% | 01/17/2020 |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ, -3.34% | -3.3% | -5.1% | -11.9% | 04/23/2020 |
| Procter & Gamble Co. | PG, -3.30% | -3.3% | 10.2% | -5.6% | 10/16/2020 |
| Amgen Inc. | AMGN, -3.16% | -3.2% | -10.2% | -18.3% | 07/06/2020 |
| Cisco Systems Inc. | CSCO, -3.14% | -3.1% | -25.5% | -56.5% | 03/27/2000 |
| Intel Corp. | INTC, -3.04% | -3.0% | -26.1% | -41.6% | 08/28/2000 |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | GS, -3.02% | -3.0% | -17.5% | -31.1% | 03/12/2018 |
| Dow Inc. | DOW, -2.98% | -3.0% | -17.4% | -25.3% | 04/04/2019 |
| J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. | JPM, -2.80% | -2.8% | -30.7% | -31.6% | 01/02/2020 |
| Home Depot Inc. | HD, -2.57% | -2.6% | 23.5% | -7.9% | 08/27/2020 |
| Merck & Co. Inc. | MRK, -2.32% | -2.3% | -16.2% | -17.8% | 12/20/2019 |
| Walmart Inc. | WMT, -1.98% | -2.0% | 17.8% | -7.5% | 09/02/2020 |
| Verizon Communications Inc. | VZ, -1.86% | -1.9% | -8.3% | -9.6% | 10/04/1999 |
| 3M Co. | MMM, -1.55% | -1.6% | -10.1% | -39.0% | 01/26/2018 |
| Travelers Cos. Inc. | TRV, +2.02% | 2.0% | -11.3% | -21.7% | 07/16/2019 |
| Source: FactSet | |||||
Scroll the table to see all the data. You can click on the tickers for more about each company.
S&P 500
On Wednesday, 97% of S&P 500 component stocks ended lower. Here are the day’s 15 worst performers in the benchmark index:
| Company | Ticker | Price change – Oct. 28 | Price change – 2020 | Decline from all-time intraday high | Date of all-time intraday high |
| C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. | CHRW, -11.44% | -11.4% | 13.3% | -17.0% | 10/08/2020 |
| Carnival Corp. | CCL, -10.61% | -10.6% | -75.8% | -83.1% | 01/30/2018 |
| Unum Group | UNM, -9.20% | -9.2% | -43.2% | -73.5% | 01/21/1999 |
| Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. | NCLH, -9.07% | -9.1% | -74.3% | -76.6% | 11/02/2015 |
| United Parcel Service Inc. Class B | UPS, -8.81% | -8.8% | 33.1% | -12.5% | 10/21/2020 |
| Akamai Technologies Inc. | AKAM, -8.72% | -8.7% | 12.8% | -71.8% | 01/03/2000 |
| Halliburton Co. | HAL, -8.71% | -8.7% | -53.3% | -84.6% | 07/24/2014 |
| DexCom Inc. | DXCM, -8.27% | -8.3% | 59.6% | -23.5% | 08/07/2020 |
| IPG Photonics Corp. | IPGP, -8.12% | -8.1% | 27.9% | -29.8% | 01/16/2018 |
| Mastercard Inc. Class A | MA, -8.11% | -8.1% | -2.4% | -20.7% | 08/28/2020 |
| Royal Caribbean Group | RCL, -7.42% | -7.4% | -60.2% | -60.8% | 01/29/2018 |
| Diamondback Energy Inc. | FANG, -7.41% | -7.4% | -73.5% | -82.5% | 10/03/2018 |
| Raytheon Technologies Corp. | RTX, -7.41% | -7.4% | -40.7% | -44.0% | 02/11/2020 |
| Idex Corp. | IEX, -7.22% | -7.2% | 0.3% | -11.2% | 10/20/2020 |
| HollyFrontier Corp. | HFC, -7.21% | -7.2% | -66.0% | -79.3% | 06/04/2018 |
| Source: FactSet | |||||
Nasdaq-100
All components of the Nasdq-100 Index NDX, -3.93% declined on Wednesday except for one: Automatic Data Processing Inc. ADP, +6.19%.
The day’s worst 10 performers among the Nasdaq-100 included several names that had shown high double-digit, or even triple-digit, gains for 2020:
| Company | Ticker | Price change – Oct. 28 | Price change – 2020 | Decline from all-time intraday high | Date of all-time intraday high |
| DexCom Inc. | DXCM, -8.27% | -9.0% | 59.6% | -23.5% | 08/07/2020 |
| Moderna Inc. | MRNA, -6.97% | -7.5% | 236.1% | -31.0% | 07/17/2020 |
| Ross Stores Inc. | ROST, -6.74% | -7.2% | -26.7% | -31.3% | 02/20/2020 |
| Nvidia Corp. | NVDA, -5.74% | -6.1% | 114.7% | -14.3% | 09/02/2020 |
| Ulta Beauty Inc. | ULTA, -5.60% | -5.9% | -20.4% | -45.4% | 07/17/2019 |
| Facebook Inc. Class A | FB, -5.51% | -5.8% | 30.4% | -12.1% | 08/26/2020 |
| Alphabet Inc. Class A | GOOGL, -5.50% | -5.8% | 12.8% | -12.5% | 09/02/2020 |
| Booking Holdings Inc. | BKNG, -5.45% | -5.8% | -21.8% | -28.0% | 03/13/2018 |
| Autodesk Inc. | ADSK, -5.18% | -5.5% | 29.5% | -11.5% | 10/19/2020 |
| Microchip Technology Inc. | MCHP, -5.01% | -5.3% | -2.1% | -12.0% | 10/09/2020 |
| Source: FactSet | |||||
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