(MONEY Magazine) – All indexes posted gains in November, with energy producers benefiting from a two-month peak in the price of oil. Widely held ExxonMobil led the way with an 8% gain, and the S&P's energy sector soared to a record high and its second straight month at the top of the S&P. But Cisco Systems led all widely held stocks; shares of the network equipment maker rose 11.5% for the month on news that its profits and sales forecast were better than analysts had expected.

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NOTES AND SOURCES: Unless otherwise noted, data as of Nov. 30 from Lipper, New York; 877-955-4773. Index levels from Bloomberg. Bond index data from Lehman Brothers. Stock data from Thomson/Baseline. Monthly S&P 500 ratios from Standard & Poor's. Ratios are based on previous four quarters of earnings. Top-Performing Stocks limited to companies with market capitalization of at least $500 million. Most Widely Held Stocks ranked by largest accounts at Merrill Lynch. N.A.: Not applicable or not available. [1] Annualized. [2] Price change only.