best performing stocks in the dow 30 in 1970

Chevron (CVX) had the highest return in 1970 by a US stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI), returning 13.6%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
Chevron (CVX)
1970
13.6%
McDonald’s (MCD)
1970
9.09%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1970
8.66%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1970
5.52%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1970
4.48%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1970
-4.98%
3M (MMM)
1970
-8.27%
Merck (MRK)
1970
-10.55%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1970
-11.7%
Boeing (BA)
1970
-48.33%