Capital goods stocks advanced 0.2% on Wall Street on Thursday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1%, the Nasdaq declined 0.2% and the S&P 500 was down 0.1%.
Some of the biggest gainers among capital goods stocks include:
- Watsco Inc (WSO): WSO stock is up 4.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Orbital Sciences Corp (ORB): ORB stock is up 2.1% today.
- AAR Corp (AIR): AIR stock is up 1.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- James Hardie Industries Se (JHX): JHX stock is up 1.8% today.
- Briggs & Stratton Corp (BGG): BGG stock is up 0.7% today.
- Manitowoc Company (MTW): MTW stock is up 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO): LECO stock is up 0.8% today.
- Alliant Techsystems Inc (ATK): ATK stock is up 0.6% today.
- Barnes Group (B): B stock is up 0.4%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Timken Company (TKR): TKR stock is up 0.6%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among capital goods stocks include:
- Mastec Inc (MTZ): MTZ stock is down 1.4% today.
- Vulcan Materials Company (VMC): VMC stock is down 1.7% today.
- D.R. Horton (DHI): DHI stock is down 1.3% today.
- Chart Industries (GTLS): GTLS stock is down 0.8% today.
- Tutor Perini Corp (TPC): TPC stock is down 0.8% today.
- Lennar Corp (LEN): LEN stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- M.D.C. Holdings (MDC): MDC stock is down 0.8% today.
- CRH Plc (CRH): CRH stock is down 0.8% today.
- Meritage Corp (MTH): MTH stock is down 0.8% today.
- Lennar Corp (LEN.B): LEN.B stock is down 0.7% 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.
