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Only about two dozen companies survived a punishing session Wednesday on Wall Street. Specifically, 25 of the S&P’s more than 500 constituents finished in positive territory, while the S&P 500 tumbled 1.8% to finish at 2,887.61, as fears about an economic slowdown gripped Wall Street.
The decline in U.S. equities represented the worst daily slump for the S&P 500 SPX, -1.79%, as well as the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.86% and the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -1.56% , since Aug. 23.
Here are the 25 S&P components, the majority of which are real-estate companies, that managed to post a gain on the session, led by Lennar Corp. after the home builder delivered third-quarter results that topped analysts forecasts:
| Companies | Wednesday return |
| Lennar Corp. LEN, +3.77% | 3.77% |
| Paychex Inc. PAYX, +1.78% | 1.78% |
| Johnson & Johnson JNJ, +1.55% | 1.55% |
| Charter Communications Inc. CHTR, +1.27% | 1.27% |
| Wynn Resorts Ltd. WYNN, +1.16% | 1.16% |
| Public Storage PSA, +0.86% | 0.86% |
| Tractor Supply Co. TSCO, +0.86% | 0.86 |
| Newmont Goldcorp Corp. NEM, +0.83% | 0.83% |
| Cimarex Energy Co. XEC, +0.82% | 0.82% |
| Edison International EIX, +0.78% | 0.78% |
| SL Green Realty Corp. SLG, +0.51% | 0.51% |
| Ventas Inc. VTR, +0.48% | 0.48% |
| HCP Inc. HCP, +0.48% | 0.48% |
| AvalonBay Communities Inc. AVB, +0.47% | 0.47% |
| Xilinx Inc. XLNX, +0.45% | 0.45% |
| Humana Inc. HUM, +0.44% | 0.44% |
| Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. MAA, +0.42% | 0.42% |
| Costco Wholesale Corp. COST, +0.42% | 0.42% |
| W.W. Grainger Inc. GWW, +0.40% | 0.42% |
| Duke Realty Corp. DRE, +0.39% | 0.39% |
| Welltower Inc. WELL, +0.36% | 0.36% |
| H&R Block Inc. HRB, +0.17% | 0.17% |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corp. EW, +0.12% | 0.12% |
| Essex Property Trust Inc. ESS, +0.09% | 0.09% |
| Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc. FBHS, +0.07% | 0.07% |
On Wednesday, a private-sector employment report from Automatic Data Processing ADP, -2.37% sank market sentiment, showing a modest 135,000 jobs were created in September. The weaker-than-expected data came a day after the Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing survey produced its worst reading since 2009.
All 11 sectors of the S&P 500 declined on Wednesday, led by a 2.6% skid in the energy sector XLE, -2.46% and a 2.1% tumble in the financial sector XLE, -2.46% , as yields of government bonds, which move inversely to prices, slumped.
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