Apple and Microsoft contributed the most to the market’s big year and no other stocks were close
Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple, Inc.
Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images2019 is shaping up to be a historic year for the S&P 500, and the benchmark has two stocks to thank.
Apple and Microsoft, which surged 85% and 55% this year respectively, together accounted for nearly 15% of the S&P 500’s advance in 2019, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. Their influence to the cap-weighted…