Dow Hits 13,000; Airlines Hit a Wall — Tuesday’s IP Market Recap

by Kyle Woodley | February 21, 2012 4:51 pm

[1]Although it didn’t stay there, the Dow Jones Industrial average’s crossing of the 13,000 mark Tuesday[2] was the talk of Wall Street. The index passed that line briefly Tuesday for the first time since 2008, powered heavily by news of a Greece bailout, before resting 15 points up at 12,965.

Some of the biggest beneficiaries of Tuesday’s rally were mining stocks, led by advances of Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL[3], +9.16%), Eldorado Gold (NYSE:EGO[4], +6.4%), Yamana Gold (NYSE:AUY[5], +4%), Goldcorp (NYSE:GG[6], +3%) and Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX[7], +3%).

However, oil prices also headed higher Tuesday on continuing fears that Iran will cut oil shipments off to Europe, and investors in turn delivered a pounding to airline stocks. US Airways (NYSE:LCC[8]) dropped 11.4%, United Continental (NYSE:UAL[9]) and Jetblue (NASDAQ:JBLU[10]) were down about 9%, and Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL[11]) lost 7.2%.

Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT[12]) was down almost 4% after reporting a 15% decline in fourth-quarter profits[13]. The big-box retailer cited continuing difficulties keeping up with the prices at discounters like Dollar Tree (NASDAQ:DLTR[14]) and Family Dollar (NYSE:FDO[15]).

Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN[16]) shares surged 6% on news that the gaming and casino company forced out co-founder Kazuo Okada[17] over the weekend. Wynn bought Okada’s 24 million shares at a 30% discount of Friday’s $112.69 value, reportedly in a move to keep the company’s gaming licenses from coming under scrutiny. According to the[18] Las Vegas Review-Journal[19], Wynn said an internal investigation found “Okada’s company, Universal Entertainment Corp., had bribed gaming regulators in the Phillipines.”

Three Up

• Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU[20]): Up 4.9% (12 cents) to $2.57.
• Genworth Financial (NYSE:GNW[21]): Up 3.5% (32 cents) to $9.54.
• Nordstrom (NYSE:JWN[22]): Up 3.2% ($1.65) to $52.79.

Three Down

• Weatherford International (NYSE:WFT[23]): Down 13.7% ($2.43) to $15.36.
• Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ:CIEN[24]): Down 8.4% ($1.42) to $15.58.
• Radioshack (NYSE:RSH[25]): Down 7.9% (62 cents) to $7.26. (Read about Radioshack and two other high-yield dividend stocks to avoid here.[26])

Kyle Woodley[27] is the assistant editor of InvestorPlace.com[28]. As of this writing, he did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities. Check out recaps from previous trading days here[29].

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