As the second quarter comes to a close Friday, Benzinga looks back on the best performing stocks of the quarter.  Click below to see the results.

And now for the shocker, the best performing Dow stock of the quarter was Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) may have problems with slow PC sales and with Windows 8 being a disappointment, but it was the top DJIA performer of the second quarter. Its stock closed at $34.54 for a 21.57% gain.

via SLIDESHOW: Top 10 Performing S&P 500 Stocks of the Second Quarter | Benzinga.