Capital goods stocks rose 0.2% on Wall Street on Thursday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.1%, the Nasdaq declined 0.8% and the S&P 500 fell 0.1%.
Some of the biggest gainers among capital goods stocks include:
- Harsco Corp (HSC): HSC stock is up 1.3%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Toll Brothers Inc (TOL): TOL stock is up 1.2% today.
- D.R. Horton (DHI): DHI stock is up 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Itt Industries (ITT): ITT stock is up 0.8%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Esterline Technologies Corp (ESL): ESL stock is up 0.8%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Fluor Corp (FLR): FLR stock is up 0.7% today.
- Lennar Corp (LEN.B): LEN.B stock is up 0.5%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- KBR Inc (KBR): KBR stock is up 0.5%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Alliant Techsystems Inc (ATK): ATK stock is up 0.6% to $144.66, near the 52-week high of $145.16.
- Valmont Industries (VMI): VMI stock is up 0.4%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among capital goods stocks include:
- Gencorp Inc (GY): GY stock is down 3.2% today.
- Caesarstone Sdot-Yam Ltd (CSTE): CSTE stock is down 2.0% today.
- AAR Corp (AIR): AIR stock is down 1.7% today.
- Texas Industries (TXI): TXI stock is down 1.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Martin Marietta Materials (MLM): MLM stock is down 1.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De Aeronautica (ERJ): ERJ stock is down 1.0% today.
- Fortune Brands Home & Security (FBHS): FBHS stock is down 1.0% today.
- Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT): AIT stock is down 0.9% today.
- Cemex S.A.B. De C.V. Sponsored (CX): CX stock is down 0.8% today.
- Toro Company (TTC): TTC stock is down 0.9% 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.
