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Top stocks of 2020

Oct 14, 2020
8 min read
Table of Contents
  • 1. Top UK stocks: FTSE 350
  • 2. Top US stocks: S&P 500
  • 3. Top European stocks: Stoxx 600

Here we break down the top performing stocks of 2020.

Top UK stocks: FTSE 350

    Percentage Change 
Name  RIC  YTD 
FTSE 350 Index  .FTLC  -19.8 
Indivior PLC  INDV.L  183.8 
AO World PLC  AO.L  160.2 
Premier Foods PLC  PFD.L  156.8 
Petropavlovsk PLC  POG.L  136.6 
CMC Markets PLC  CMCX.L  136.3 
Avon Rubber PLC  AVON.L  108.1 
Fresnillo PLC  FRES.L  107.9 
Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust PLC  USAB.L  101.4 
Ocado Group PLC  OCDO.L  91.0 
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC  SMT.L  82.3 
Gamesys Group PLC  GYS.L  79.0 
Games Workshop Group PLC  GAW.L  75.9 
Plus500 Ltd  PLUSP.L  74.5 
Allianz Technology Trust PLC  ATT.L  66.0 
888 Holdings PLC  888.L  62.7 
Fidelity China Special Situations PLC  FCSS.L  57.6 
Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust PLC  EWI.L  57.3 
Renishaw PLC  RSW.L  56.2 
XP Power Ltd  XPP.L  52.6 
Pershing Square Holdings Ltd  PSHP.L  51.0 
William Hill PLC  WMH.L  46.7 
Pets at Home Group PLC  PETSP.L  45.1 
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust PLC  JFJ.L  43.4 
Polymetal International PLC  POLYP.L  43.1 
Flutter Entertainment PLC  FLTRF.L  42.8 
Computacenter PLC  CCC.L  41.0 
Kingfisher PLC  KGF.L  40.5 

Source: Reuters

Top US stocks: S&P 500

    Percentage Change 
Name  RIC  YTD 
S&P 500 Index  .SPX  9.4 
ETSY Inc  ETSY.O  232.7 
Carrier Global Corp  CARR.K  175 
NVIDIA Corp  NVDA.O  141.8 
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc  WST  100.7 
Amazon.com Inc  AMZN.O  86.3 
PayPal Holdings Inc  PYPL.O  86.3 
Advanced Micro Devices Inc  AMD.O  83.8 
FedEx Corp  FDX  80.8 
ServiceNow Inc  NOW  80.3 
DexCom Inc  DXCM.O  80.2 
L Brands Inc  LB  76.9 
Rollins Inc  ROL  76.2 
Apple Inc  AAPL.O  69.5 
Catalent Inc  CTLT.K  68.8 
Netflix Inc  NFLX.O  66.8 
Cadence Design Systems Inc  CDNS.O  66.6 
Pool Corp  POOL.O  66.1 
Synopsys Inc  SNPS.O  64.5 
Salesforce.Com Inc  CRM  64.2 
ABIOMED Inc  ABMD.O  62.9 
Tractor Supply Co  TSCO.O  61.5 
IDEXX Laboratories Inc  IDXX.O  60.6 
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc  REGN.O  60.2 
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc  ODFL.O  58.7 
Adobe Inc  ADBE.O  54.9 
Bio Rad Laboratories Inc  BIO  53.6 
eBay Inc  EBAY.O  53.4 

Source: Reuters

Top European stocks: Stoxx 600

    Percentage Change 
Name  RIC  YTD 
STOXX Europe 600 EUR Price Index  .STOXX  -10.3 
Sinch AB (publ)  SINCH.ST  217.3 
Evolution Gaming Group AB (publ)  EVOG.ST  170 
Hellofresh SE  HFGG.DE  155.1 
Nel ASA  NEL.OL  145.1 
Adyen NV  ADYEN.AS  137.2 
Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA  STDM.PA  111.2 
Fresnillo PLC  FRES.L  107.9 
Sartorius AG  SATG_p.DE  101.8 
Pandora A/S  PNDORA.CO  91.9 
Ocado Group PLC  OCDO.L  91.0 
Zalando SE  ZALG.DE  87.9 
Netcompany Group A/S  NETCG.CO  83.4 
Biomerieux SA  BIOX.PA  80.7 
Rockwool International A/S  ROCKb.CO  80.1 
Games Workshop Group PLC  GAW.L  75.9 
Ambu A/S  AMBUb.CO  74.4 
Tecan Group AG  TECN.S  70.8 
Vestas Wind Systems A/S  VWS.CO  68.0 
Addtech AB  ADDTb.ST  67.4 
argenx SE  ARGX.BR  65.9 
DiaSorin SpA  DIAS.MI  64.7 
GN Store Nord A/S  GN.CO  63.3 
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA  SGREN.MC  63.3 
Adevinta ASA  ADEV.OL  63.2 
Genmab A/S  GMAB.CO  61.9 
Schibsted ASA  SBSTA.OL  61.2 
Kinnevik AB  KINVb.ST  60.8 

Source: Reuters

This page is updated from time to time to reflect changes: last updated Oct 13th, 2020.


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Table of Contents
  • 1. Top UK stocks: FTSE 350
  • 2. Top US stocks: S&P 500
  • 3. Top European stocks: Stoxx 600

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