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1 Apple 71 51.5
2 Monsanto 235 38.8
3 Nucor 106 31.0
4 Gilead Sciences 444 28.5
5 Express Scripts 115 27.1
6 Hess 55 26.0
7 Frontier Oil 383 25.5
8 Occidental Petroleum 98 25.5
9 C.H. Robinson Worldwide 300 25.4
10 EOG Resources 350 24.1
11 XTO Energy 330 22.9
12 McDonald's 107 22.9
13 Holly 420 22.8
14 Precision Castparts 362 21.4
15 Perini 432 20.6
16 Burlington Northern Santa Fe 142 20.2
17 Medco Health Solutions 45 19.8
18 Peabody Energy 353 19.3
19 Fluor 114 18.9
20 Devon Energy 163 18.8
21 Cummins 181 18.5
22 Consol Energy 497 18.4
23 Owens-Illinois 326 18.1
24 World Fuel Services 137 17.5
25 Nash-Finch 492 17.4
26 National Oilwell Varco 200 16.9
27 Wesco International 406 16.8
28 General Cable 396 16.8
29 FMC Technologies 460 16.6
30 Norfolk Southern 256 16.6
31 Exxon Mobil 1 16.5
32 NRG Energy 363 16.3
33 Crown Holdings 312 16.2
34 Harris 447 16.1
35 Aon 307 15.9
36 Steel Dynamics 318 15.8
37 W.R. Berkley 490 15.5
38 Emcor Group 370 15.4
39 Allegheny Technologies 448 15.3
40 Archer Daniels Midland 27 15.3
41 Jacobs Engineering Group 241 14.9
42 Chevron 3 14.8
43 Valero Energy 10 14.3
44 Yum Brands 239 14.2
45 Exelon 134 14.2
46 CSX 240 14.0
47 Baxter International 219 13.9
48 DaVita 433 13.8
49 Sherwin-Williams 322 13.7
50 Apache 217 13.7
Issue date: May 4, 2009
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