A Superlative Quarter (Again)

Here's how some notable performers did in the second quarter of 2020:

Best-performing sector – Consumer Discretionary +32.6% (largest ever)
Worst-performing sector – Utilities +1.8%
Best-performing S&P 500 stock – Apache +223%
Worst-performing S&P 500 stock – Coty -13.4%
Best-performing DJIA stock – DuPont de Nemours +55.8%
Worst-performing DJIA stock – Walgreens Boots Alliance -7.3%
Best-performing market worldwide – Germany +26.2% (in USD)
Worst-performing market worldwide – China +5.8% (in USD)
Best-performing commodity – Gasoline +87.3%
Worst-performing commodity – Palladium -19.2%
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index +2.1%
10 Year Treasury Yield -0.038 percentage points 
Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) -40.6%
Gold +13.2% (largest gain since 1Q 2016)
WTI Oil +93.9% (largest gain ever)
U.S. Dollar -2%