The information technology sector was the best performing sector in the past recoveries, increasing on average by 30.4% in the six months after a bottom, followed by consumer discretionary, financials and industrials. The utilities sector posted the worst performance in past recoveries, even showing negative results in one instance, according to S&P.
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Max Chen contributed to this article.