(MONEY Magazine) – Overseas stocks, represented by the Morgan Stanley EAFE index, gained 4.3% in April on news of strong results in Asia. The Russell 2000 declined for the first time since October, while the Dow continued its climb: The index reached a six-year high in late April and is just 340 points shy of its 2000 peak. Health care was down 4.6%, in part because of a one-day 22% drop at health insurer Aetna. Widely held health-care companies Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson also declined.

S&P 500 SECTOR AVERAGES

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P/E Current 18.7

DIVIDEND YIELD Current 1.85%

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NOTES AND SOURCES: Unless otherwise noted, data as of April 27 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. [1] Annualized. [2] Price change only.