The stocks of the Richmond area’s largest publicly traded companies rallied in the second quarter but not nearly as much as the national indices. The Richmond index of 20 public companies rose 7.6 percent during the second quarter, which ended yesterday. By comparison, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 11 percent and the S&P 500 index increased 15.2 percent, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite shot up 20.1 percent.

Genworth Financial: up 267.89 percent
  Massey Energy Co.: up 93.08 percent
  NewMarket Corp.: up 51.99 percent
  MeadWestvaco Corp.: up 36.86 percent
  Owens & Minor Inc.: up 32.27 percent
  James River Coal Co.: up 22.61 percent
  CarMax Inc.: up 18.17 percent
  Dynex Capital Inc.: up 16.81 percent

CarMax Inc.: up 57.87 percent
  NewMarket Corp.: up 26.9 percent
  Media General Inc. (A): up 9.71 percent
  Dynex Capital Inc.: up 7.34 percent
  MeadWestvaco Corp.: up 7.15 percent
  Altria Group Inc.: up 6.37 percent
  Universal Corp.: up 0.17 percent
  The Brink’s Co.: down 1.56 percent

The stocks of the Richmond area’s largest publicly traded companies posted a decline in the first three months of the year but still fared better than two national indexes. The Richmond Index of 19 public companies fell 4.96 percent during the first quarter. The Dow Jones Industrial Average saw a 13.3 percent decline, and the S&P 500 Index lost 11.67 percent. The Nasdaq composite lost 3.07 percent during the same time period.