Expedia is up nearly 2,000 percent, and Bookings Holdings has gained 2,126 percent. Other stocks with gains of more than 1,600 percent include United Continental airline, up 2,122 percent, Alaskan Air, up 1500 percent, NVIDIA, up 1,790 percent, and Starbucks, up 1,636 percent.
The S&P consumer discretionary sector has been the top performer in the decade since March 2009, gaining 598 percent. Second best has been technology, which is up 522 percent. The financial sector, which represented the epicenter of the crisis, has rebounded 422 percent and is third-best performer. Some key stocks in that sector have bounced back sharply.
AIG, at $5.86 on March 9, 2009, was aided by a 1-for-20 reverse split and has gained 636 percent since then. Bank of America, then trading at $3.75, has gained 675 percent, while J.P. Morgan is up 555 percent from $16.
The lagging industry groups are energy, up just 56 percent, and the communications services sector, up 77 percent.
Based on closing prices March 5, 2019
CNBC’s Fred Imbert contributed to this story
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