Top Stocks in Week 2 of 2015: Gold & Silver

The gold & silver stocks are out performing in week 2 of 2015. Other top performing sector stocks of weeks 2, 2015 are drug delivery, sporting good stores, etc.

This post will look into the top performing stocks, industry, and sector. The S&P 500 index has a weekly return of -0.61%. NASDAQ Composite has a weekly return of -0.48%. Dow Jones Industrials Average has a weekly return of -0.49%. The small cap (Russell 2000) has a return of -1.09%.

Best weekly performance of industry stocks of week 2, 2015 (January 5, 2015 – January 11, 2015) are:

1. Basic Materials Wholesale 17.24%
2. Gold 9.02%
3. Drug Delivery 6.99%
4. Sporting Goods Stores 6.15%
5. Silver 6.07%
6. Aluminum 5.06%
7. Residential Construction 4.38%
8. REIT - Retail 4.33%
9. REIT - Industrial 4.33%
10. Drugs Wholesale 4.08%
11. REIT - Healthcare Facilities 3.41%
12. REIT - Residential 3.21%
13. Medical Equipment Wholesale 3.13%
14. Aerospace/Defense - Major Diversified 3.11%
15. Medical Appliances & Equipment 2.99%
16. Wireless Communications 2.69%
17. REIT - Office 2.56%
18. Discount, Variety Stores 2.56%
19. Beverages - Soft Drinks 2.50%
20. Health Care Plans 2.49%
21. Sporting Goods 2.40%
22. Drug Manufacturers - Major 2.30%
23. Home Furnishings & Fixtures 2.29%
24. Food Wholesale 2.27%
25. Biotechnology 2.27%
26. Drugs - Generic 2.17%

Top Precious Metals Stocks

Looking into best weekly stocks can provide an insight what stock market will bring for the next session. Retail or institutional investors may want to rotate to this sector to avoid bad returns. Can growth stocks finally make the comeback? Will value stocks continue to be the winner? Some great sectors in 2014 are major airlines, real estate (REIT), semiconductors, drug manufacturers, aluminum, etc.

More: Another Leg Higher for Gold Stocks?

Best performing gold stocks are:

1. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (HMY) 32.99%
2. Vista Gold Corp. (VGZ) 24.14%
3. Sibanye Gold Limited (SBGL) 22.61%
4. Almaden Minerals Ltd. (AAU) 20.00%
5. Gold Fields Ltd. (GFI) 19.14%
6. Kinross Gold Corporation (KGC) 17.93%
7. Seabridge Gold, Inc. (SA) 17.40%
8. AuRico Gold Inc. (AUQ) 16.27%
9. AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (AU) 15.49%
10. Allied Nevada Gold Corp. (ANV) 15.38%
11. NovaGold Resources Inc. (NG) 13.87%
12. Banro Corporation (BAA) 13.43%
13. DRDGOLD Ltd. (DRD) 13.41%
14. Timmins Gold Corp. (TGD) 13.40%
15. B2Gold Corp. (BTG) 12.14%
16. Yamana Gold, Inc. (AUY) 11.47%
17. Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (AEM) 10.30%
18. Goldcorp Inc. (GG) 10.25%
19. Asanko Gold Inc. (AKG) 9.46%
20. Gold Standard Ventures Corp (GSV) 9.09%

Top silver stocks are:

1. First Majestic Silver Corp (AG) 19.54%
2. Mines Management, Inc. (MGN) 19.15%
3. Coeur Mining, Inc. (CDE) 10.19%
4. Silver Standard Resources Inc. (SSRI) 9.28%
5. Hecla Mining Co. (HL) 9.15%
6. Silvercorp Metals Inc. (SVM) 7.41%
7. Pan American Silver Corp. (PAAS) 7.31%
8. Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (FSM) 7.05%
9. Great Panther Silver Ltd (GPL) 6.01%
10. Endeavour Silver Corp. (EXK) 5.26%
11. Silver Wheaton Corp. (SLW) 4.13%
12. MAG Silver Corp. (MVG) 1.21%

Best drug delivery stocks of 2015 are:

1. Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ACUR) 32.00%
2. Delcath Systems, Inc. (DCTH) 19.87%
3. Alkermes plc (ALKS) 11.85%
4. IntelliPharmaCeutics International Inc. (IPCI) 7.73%
5. Flamel Technologies SA (FLML) 6.85%
6. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (VRX) 6.32%