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  • Wall Street's relentless bull run continues, setting new records for S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indices.
  • SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust breaks $500 billion AUM mark, leading ETFs.
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The U.S. stock market continues its unchallenged bull run, with Wall Street notching yet another week of record-breaking highs for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indices.

This ongoing surge demonstrates the remarkable strength of the bullish sentiment, with stocks marking their 16th positive week out of the last 18. Since late October, this rally has propelled the S&P 500 index by 25% and the Nasdaq 100 by 30%.

The momentum on Wall Street has also catapulted the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY – the world’s largest exchange traded fund – to a historic milestone, surpassing $500 billion in assets under management for the first time ever.

Trailing behind the SPY are BlackRock’s iShares Core S&P 500 ETF IVV with $442 billion, and the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF VOO with $413 billion under management.

Other notable milestones were achieved among S&P 500 components during Friday’s session. Nvidia Corp NVDA reached a market capitalization exceeding $2 trillion, Eli Lilly and Company LLY surpassed $700 billion and Broadcom Inc. AVGO overtook Tesla Inc. TSLA to become the eighth-most valuable company.

Chart: SPY Is First ETF To Reach $500 Billion In AUM

Top-Performing S&P 500 Stocks Friday

The following are the five top-performing stocks within the S&P 500 on Friday:

Stock NameSectorPrice1-Day Return %
NetApp, Inc. NTAPInformation Technology106.9319.98%
The Cooper Companies, Inc. COOHealth Care102.079.05
Western Digital Corporation WDCInformation Technology63.997.61
Broadcom Inc. AVGOInformation Technology1,392.567.08
DexCom, Inc. DXCMHealth Care121.195.32

Top 10 Performing S&P 500 Stocks Year-To-Date

The top-performing S&P 500 stocks year-to-date are as follows:

CompanyYTD ReturnMarket Cap
NVIDIA Corporation65.43%$2,016B
Constellation Energy Corporation CEG44.19%$53.37B
Meta Platforms, Inc. CEG41.97%$1,281.15B
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. CEG36.55%$325.24B
Eli Lilly and Company 33.72%$701.64B
Uber Technologies, Inc. UBER31.30%$167.86B
Applied Materials Inc. AMAT29.60%$174.53B
Ralph Lauren Corporation RL28.68%$11.86B
Tapestry, Inc. TPR28.57%$10.85B
Catalent, Inc. CTLT28.18%$10.34B

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