Capital goods stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street on Monday morning, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.8%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.6% higher, the Nasdaq rose 0.7% and the S&P 500 increased 0.6%.
Some of the biggest gainers among capital goods stocks include:
- U.S. Silica Holdings Inc (SLCA): SLCA stock is up 2.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Cummins Inc (CMI): CMI stock is up 2.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Heico Cp Cl A (HEI.A): HEI.A stock is up 1.3% today.
- Fluor Corp (FLR): FLR stock is up 1.3% today.
- Exelis Inc. Common Stock New Wh (XLS): XLS stock is up 1.4% today.
- Spirit Aerosystems Holdings (SPR): SPR stock is up 1.5% today.
- Orbital Sciences Corp (ORB): ORB stock is up 1.1% today.
- Elbit Systems Ltd (ESLT): ESLT stock is up 1.2% today.
- Flowserve Corp (FLS): FLS stock is up 1.2% today.
- Colfax Corp (CFX): CFX stock is up 0.9% today.
Some of the biggest losers among capital goods stocks include:
- Gencorp Inc (GY): GY stock is down 6.9% today.
- USG Corp (USG): USG stock is down 1.1% today.
- Forest City Ent Cl A (FCE.A): FCE.A stock is down 1.0% today.
- Fortune Brands Home & Security (FBHS): FBHS stock is down 1.0% today.
- Mastec Inc (MTZ): MTZ stock is down 0.8% today.
- Ryland Group (RYL): RYL stock is down 0.8% today.
- Simon Property Group (SPG): SPG stock is down 0.6% today.
- Caesarstone Sdot-Yam Ltd (CSTE): CSTE stock is down 0.8% today.
- Meritage Corp (MTH): MTH stock is down 0.5% today.
- Lennar Corp (LEN.B): LEN.B stock is down 0.4% today.
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Editor’s Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.
