best performing mega cap stocks april 2012

Amazon (AMZN) had the highest return in April 2012 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 17.1%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
Amazon (AMZN)
April 2012
17.11%
Mastercard (MA)
April 2012
7.29%
Verizon Communications (VZ)
April 2012
6.85%
Amgen (AMGN)
April 2012
5.24%
American Express (AXP)
April 2012
4.35%
Visa Inc Class A (V)
April 2012
4.22%
Home Depot (HD)
April 2012
3.37%
Coca-Cola (KO)
April 2012
3.37%
HSBC Holdings PLC ADR (HSBC)
April 2012
2.94%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
April 2012
2.76%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
April 2012
2.7%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
April 2012
2.64%
Merck (MRK)
April 2012
2.45%
BHP (BHP)
April 2012
2.3%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)
April 2012
2.03%
Intel (INTC)
April 2012
1.27%
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
April 2012
1.25%
Oracle (ORCL)
April 2012
1.17%
LIN TV (LIN)
April 2012
0.98%
Philip Morris International (PM)
April 2012
0.73%
Chevron (CVX)
April 2012
-0.27%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
April 2012
-0.3%
McDonald’s (MCD)
April 2012
-0.38%
PepsiCo (PEP)
April 2012
-0.39%
Microsoft (MSFT)
April 2012
-0.64%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.