St. Cloud Stock Price Index, ending May 2025
The St. Cloud Stock Price Index almost perfectly retraced its decline in the first quarter, closing up the same 9.9% in the three months ending May 30, 2025. Over the same time, the S&P 500 index fell 2.9% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 13.6%.
Five of the nine stocks in the St. Cloud index rose, while four fell. New Flyer rebounded sharply from its decline after the new administration in the United States assumed the presidency, now standing 0.8% above its year-ago levels. Quanta Services (owner of Blattner Energy) continued its rise, up 31.9% in the quarter and 24.3% in the last year on the back of strong earnings and forward guidance on its 2025 full-year performance. New index entrant West…