Transportation stocks finished up 0.5% on Wall Street on Tuesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5%, the Nasdaq climbed 0.8% and the S&P 500 pushed 0.5% higher.
Some of the biggest gainers among transportation stocks include:
- Southwest Airlines Company (LUV): LUV stock is up 1.5% today.
- Macquarie Infrastructure Company Trust (MIC): MIC stock is up 1.3% today.
- Union Pacific Corp (UNP): UNP stock is up 1.0% today.
- Fedex Corp (FDX): FDX stock is up 0.7% today.
- Air Methods Corp (AIRM): AIRM stock is up 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Alaska Air Group (ALK): ALK stock is up 0.6% today.
- Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC): NSC stock is up 0.5% today.
- Kansas City Southern (KSU): KSU stock is up 0.4% today.
- Wabtec Corp (WAB): WAB stock is up 0.4% today.
- Swift Transportation Company (SWFT): SWFT stock is up 0.4% today.
Some of the biggest losers among transportation stocks include:
- C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW): CHRW stock is down 0.9% today.
- Uti Worldwide Inc (UTIW): UTIW stock is down 1.0% today.
- Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL): ODFL stock is down 0.8% today.
- Landstar System (LSTR): LSTR stock is down 0.7% today.
- Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS): HOS stock is down 0.7% today.
- Canadian National Railway Company (CNI): CNI stock is down 0.6% today.
- Heartland Express (HTLD): HTLD stock is down 0.3%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- United Parcel Service (UPS): UPS stock is down 0.3% today.
- GATX Corp (GMT): GMT stock is down 0.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
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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.
