AngloGold Ashanti (AU) had the highest return in January 1996 by a large-cap US stock, returning 75%.

ASSET	MONTH	% RETURN
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)	January 1996	75%
Freedom (FRHC)	January 1996	64.72%
Incyte (INCY)	January 1996	47.17%
Dollar Tree (DLTR)	January 1996	39.76%
Hasbro (HAS)	January 1996	34.12%
Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV ADR (KOF)	January 1996	34%
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM)	January 1996	30.65%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)	January 1996	30.18%
Charles Schwab (SCHW)	January 1996	25.83%
Pan American Silver (PAAS)	January 1996	24.07%
Harmony Gold Mining (HMY)	January 1996	23.94%
Coeur Mining (CDE)	January 1996	23.81%
Dover (DOV)	January 1996	23.73%
Newmont Goldcorp (NEM)	January 1996	22.74%
Telkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk PT ADR Rep 100 B (TLK)	January 1996	21.78%
Smith AO (AOS)	January 1996	21.1%
Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL)	January 1996	19.99%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)	January 1996	19.7%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN)	January 1996	19.61%
Kinross Gold (KGC)	January 1996	19.35%
Royal Gold (RGLD)	January 1996	19.05%
International Business Machines (IBM)	January 1996	18.74%
Southern Copper (SCCO)	January 1996	18.33%
Gold Fields Ltd ADR (GFI)	January 1996	18%
Primo Brands (PRMB)	January 1996	17.78%

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