NEW YORK (AP) — Growth stocks, neglected at the start of the year, are starting to get a bit of love from investors again.

The best returns in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index over the past month have been posted by technology companies. Industrial companies as well as banks and insurers are also performing better. By contrast, gains for utilities and consumer staples companies — safe-play stocks that had been investor favorites in the first three months of this year — have stalled.