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Yes, November was a very fine month for stocks.
The Standard & Poor's 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average both closed at records and had their best monthly performances — 5.7% and 7.5%, respectively — in a year.
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The Nasdaq Composite, up 6.21% for the month, missed a new record close by just 81 points, or 0.4%. The November gain was its best since May.
Here's a bit more to know about the stock market, which many players see heading higher in December and well into 2025.
Related: Key analyst outlines patterns in holiday stock moves
Top S&P 500 winners for November
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Palantir Class A (PLTR) , up 61.4%
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Axon Enterprise (AAXN) , up 52.77%
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Tesla (TSLA) , up 38.15%
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Texas Pacific Land (TPL) , up 37.23%
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Tapestry (TPR) , up 31.25%
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EPAM Systems (EPAM) , up 29.30%
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Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) , up 28.91%
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Vistra (VST) , up 27.91%
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McKesson (MCK) , up 25.55%
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EQT (EQT) , 24.36%
Bottom 10 S&P 500 losers for November
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Celanese (CE) , down 41.88%
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Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) , down 25.24%
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AES (AES) , down 20.92%
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Moderna (MRNA) , down 20.79%
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Amentum Holdings AMTM, down 18.12%
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Enphase Energy (ENPH) , down 14.08%
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Target (TGT) , down 11.82%
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Amgen (AMGN) , down 11.65%
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MarketAxess Holdings (MKTX) , down 10.62%
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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, (REGN) , down 10.5%
Top 5 Dow stocks in November
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Walt Disney (DIS) , up 22.11%
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Goldman Sachs (GS) , up 17.53%
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Salesforce (CRM) , up 13.25%
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Honeywell Intl (HON) , up 13.25%
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Walmart (WMT) , up 12.87%
Bottom 5 Dow stocks in November
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McDonald's (MCD) , up 1.34%
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Merck & Co (MRK) , down 0.66%
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Coca-Cola (KO) , down 1.88%
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Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) , down -3.03%
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Amgen (AMGN) , down -11.65%
Related: Nvidia stock extends November gains as investors bet on 2025 AI dominance
Two notes about Tesla
First: Tesla is not among the Dow winners because it is not a Dow stock, even if Tesla ended November with a $1.11 trillion market capitalization. And CEO Elon Musk is evolving into a major player in Washington.
Second: Tesla's first-quarter stock-price decline, caused by worries about falling sales, was 29.3%.
But four of the so-called Magnificent 7 stocks are indeed Dow components: Apple (AAPL) , Amazon.com (AMZN) , Microsoft (MSFT) and Nvidia (NVDA) .
The other three Mag 7 components are Tesla, Meta Platforms (META) and Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL)