Monster Beverage (MNST) had the highest return in April 1996 by a large-cap US stock, returning 69.3%.

ASSET	MONTH	% RETURN
Monster Beverage (MNST)	April 1996	69.33%
MasTec (MTZ)	April 1996	56.84%
Fair Isaac (FICO)	April 1996	41.67%
Ross Stores (ROST)	April 1996	39.38%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)	April 1996	32.51%
Erie Indemnity (ERIE)	April 1996	31.46%
Hologic (HOLX)	April 1996	31.11%
Coherent (COHR)	April 1996	30.44%
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB)	April 1996	29.89%
Biogen (BIIB)	April 1996	29.78%
STMicroelectronics NV ADR (STM)	April 1996	29.21%
Jabil Circuit (JBL)	April 1996	28.77%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)	April 1996	28.72%
Synopsys (SNPS)	April 1996	27.91%
Genesis Healthcare (GEN)	April 1996	27.74%
Flex (FLEX)	April 1996	27.05%
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)	April 1996	26.92%
Reliance Steel & Aluminum (RS)	April 1996	25.41%
Cooper Companies (COO)	April 1996	23.94%
CACI International (CACI)	April 1996	23.35%
Western Digital (WDC)	April 1996	22.08%
Equifax (EFX)	April 1996	21.74%
Teradyne (TER)	April 1996	21.48%
Teva Pharma Industries Ltd ADR (TEVA)	April 1996	20.88%
Southern Copper (SCCO)	April 1996	20.01%

Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.