Hottest Services Stocks Now – LAMR XRS LVS MDCA

by Portfolio Grader | April 16, 2014 6:15 pm

Services stocks finished up broadly on Wall Street on Wednesday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 1.4%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 1.0% higher, the Nasdaq increased 1.3% and the S&P 500 rose 1.0%.

Some of the biggest gainers among services stocks include:

• Lamar Advertising Company (LAMR[1]): LAMR stock is up 5.2% today on 5 times normal volume.

• Tal Education Group (XRS[2]): XRS stock is up 4.6%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Las Vegas Sands (LVS[3]): LVS stock is up 4.4% today.

• M.D.C. Partners Inc (MDCA[4]): MDCA stock is up 4.3% today.

• Trimas Corp (TRS[5]): TRS stock is up 4.1% today.

• Frontier Communications Corp (FTR[6]): FTR stock is up 3.9% to a new 52-week high of $5.87.

• Iron Mountain Inc (IRM[7]): IRM stock is up 3.8% today on 2 times normal volume.

• Zillow Inc. Cl A (Z[8]): Z stock is up 3.7% today.

• Mattress Firm Holding Corp (MFRM[9]): MFRM stock is up 3.7% today on 3 times normal volume.

• Priceline.Com Inc (PCLN[10]): PCLN stock is up 3.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

Some of the biggest losers among services stocks include:

• DSW Inc (DSW[11]): DSW stock is down 1.6% to a new 52-week low of $34.12.

• Pier 1 Imports (PIR[12]): PIR stock is down 1.6% today.

• Monro Muffler Brake (MNRO[13]): MNRO stock is down 1.4% today.

• Scholastic Corp (SCHL[14]): SCHL stock is down 1.2% today.

• Capstead Mortgage Corp (CMO[15]): CMO stock is down 0.9% today.

• America Movil S.A.B. De C.V. (AMX[16]): AMX stock is down 0.9% today.

• Bob Evans Farms (BOBE[17]): BOBE stock is down 0.9% today.

• Whole Foods Market (WFM[18]): WFM stock is down 0.8% to a new 52-week low of $48.52.

• St. Joe Company (JOE[19]): JOE stock is down 0.7% today.

• Life Time Fitness (LTM[20]): LTM stock is down 0.7% today on 2 times normal volume.

For more information on the best stocks to buy[21] right now, check out the latest commentary on InvestorPlace.com[22].

And for more on the hot stocks moving most on Wall Street right now, check out our archive of daily market movers by sector here[23].

Editor’s Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.

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