Hottest Services Stocks Now – MEG KFY NXST AYR
by Portfolio Grader | May 12, 2014 12:00 pm
Services stocks advanced 0.9% on Wall Street on Monday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.7%, the Nasdaq rose 1.1% and the S&P 500 increased 0.7%.
Some of the biggest gainers among services stocks include:
- Media General (MEG[1]): MEG stock is up 5.3% today.
- Korn/Ferry International (KFY[2]): KFY stock is up 5.0% today.
- Nexstar Broadcasting Group (NXST[3]): NXST stock is up 3.4% today.
- Aircastle Limited (AYR[4]): AYR stock is up 4.3% today.
- J.C. Penney Company Inc (JCP[5]): JCP stock is up 3.3% today.
- Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBGI[6]): SBGI stock is up 3.1% today.
- Orient-Express Hotels (OEH[7]): OEH stock is up 3.8% today.
- Aaron’s Inc (AAN[8]): AAN stock is up 3.5% to a new 52-week high of $33.30.
- E-House [China] Holdings (EJ[9]): EJ stock is up 2.4% today.
- Footlocker Inc (FL[10]): FL stock is up 3.0% to a new 52-week high of $49.25.
Some of the biggest losers among services stocks include:
- Bt Group Plc (BT[11]): BT stock is down 1.9% today.
- Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PHI[12]): PHI stock is down 1.2% today.
- Pearson Plc (PSO[13]): PSO stock is down 1.2% today.
- Ventas Inc (VTR[14]): VTR stock is down 0.8% today.
- Korea Telecom Corp (KT[15]): KT stock is down 0.8% today.
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT[16]): NTT stock is down 0.6% today.
- Firstservice Corp (FSRV[17]): FSRV stock is down 0.7%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Health Care REIT (HCN[18]): HCN stock is down 0.6% today.
- Telecom Italia S.P.A. (TI[19]): TI stock is down 0.6% today.
- Ctrip.Com International (CTRP[20]): CTRP stock is down 0.5% 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.
Endnotes:
- MEG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MEG
- KFY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=KFY
- NXST: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NXST
- AYR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AYR
- JCP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=JCP
- SBGI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SBGI
- OEH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=OEH
- AAN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AAN
- EJ: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=EJ
- FL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=FL
- BT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BT
- PHI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PHI
- PSO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PSO
- VTR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VTR
- KT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=KT
- NTT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NTT
- FSRV: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=FSRV
- HCN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HCN
- TI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=TI
- CTRP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CTRP
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