best performing stocks in dec 1978

NACCO Industries (NC) had the highest return in December 1978 by a US stock, returning 19.6%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
NACCO Industries (NC)
December 1978
19.57%
Trinity Industries (TRN)
December 1978
17.66%
Matson (MATX)
December 1978
16.91%
Nabors Industries (NBR)
December 1978
16.67%
SIFCO Industries (SIF)
December 1978
14.81%
Seaboard (SEB)
December 1978
14.07%
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
December 1978
14.03%
Merck (MRK)
December 1978
13.11%
BP PLC ADR (BP)
December 1978
12.97%
H&R Block (HRB)
December 1978
11.78%
International Business Machines (IBM)
December 1978
10.3%
Halliburton (HAL)
December 1978
10%
McCormick (MKC)
December 1978
9.39%
New York Times (NYT)
December 1978
8.78%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
December 1978
8.52%
Graham (GHC)
December 1978
7.83%
Danaher (DHR)
December 1978
7.46%
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)
December 1978
7.28%
Illinois Tool Works (ITW)
December 1978
7.07%
Stewart Information Services (STC)
December 1978
6.98%
Revvity (RVTY)
December 1978
6.43%
HP (HPQ)
December 1978
6.02%
Coca-Cola (KO)
December 1978
5.75%
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM)
December 1978
5.56%
Deere (DE)
December 1978
5.32%