best performance large cap stocks december 1987

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) had the highest return in December 1987 by a large-cap US stock, returning 250%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)
December 1987
250%
Micron Technology (MU)
December 1987
78.78%
Lam Research (LRCX)
December 1987
54%
Clean Harbors (CLH)
December 1987
43.66%
Amgen (AMGN)
December 1987
40.94%
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS)
December 1987
37.14%
Carnival (CCL)
December 1987
37.14%
Equifax (EFX)
December 1987
35.37%
Oracle (ORCL)
December 1987
33.24%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
December 1987
32.19%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
December 1987
31.47%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
December 1987
30.83%
ConocoPhillips (COP)
December 1987
30.23%
Nucor (NUE)
December 1987
30.2%
West Pharmaceutical Services (WST)
December 1987
28.85%
Western Digital (WDC)
December 1987
27.45%
Kinross Gold (KGC)
December 1987
26.32%
Nike (NKE)
December 1987
25.67%
Allegheny Technologies (ATI)
December 1987
25.48%
Apple (AAPL)
December 1987
25.36%
PulteGroup (PHM)
December 1987
24.59%
Omnicom (OMC)
December 1987
24.47%
HP (HPQ)
December 1987
24.09%
Donaldson (DCI)
December 1987
24%
Microsoft (MSFT)
December 1987
24%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.