[Up 200%! Chip Big MAC this year's stock price has soared! Us stocks fell in the third quarter technology stocks to carry the market] in the third quarter, the Standard & Poor's 500 index fell about 3.6%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell about 2.6%, the technology-dominated Nasdaq Composite index fell 4.1%. But so far this year, stocks are still up. The Nasdaq was the best performer, up 26.3 percent, while the S&P 500 gained 11.68 percent and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose just 1.09 percent. In terms of individual stocks, technology stocks continued to be the best performers in the S&P 500. A number of technology stocks are among the top 10 gainers year-to-date. Among them, chip giant Nvidia led the market with a gain of nearly double. Social media giant Meta's share price recovered significantly, up nearly 150%. In addition, technology stocks such as automaker Tesla, cybersecurity company PALOALTO and travel service Airbnb all performed well.