The Nasdaq Composite ended February poised to break through 5000 as an incredibly strong February fueled growth in U.S. stocks as earnings came in strong and growth prospects for macro environment brightened. Interestingly, energy experienced a bounce up in February though whether those gains are sustainable or just the dead cat bouncing remains to be seen.

The Nasdaq Solar Index is February's top performer at 17.6% and the Nasdaq Commodity Gold ER Index is the worst performer of February at -5.2%. Get a quick overview of Nasdaq Index performance data for our top 50 most watched indexes here.