Hottest Services Stocks Now – IRS DISCA WTW SBAC
by Portfolio Grader | July 9, 2014 6:15 pm
Services stocks finished up broadly on Wall Street today, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 1.1%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.4%, the Nasdaq increased 0.7% and the S&P 500 rose 0.4%.
Some of the biggest gainers among services stocks include:
- Irsa Inversiones Y Representaciones S.A. (IRS[1]): IRS stock is up 4.5% today.
- Discovery Communications Inc (DISCA[2]): DISCA stock is up 3.8% today.
- Weight Watchers International Inc (WTW[3]): WTW stock is up 2.9% today.
- SBA Communications Corp (SBAC[4]): SBAC stock is up 2.8% to a new 52-week high of $103.44.
- Comcast Corp (CMCSA[5]): CMCSA stock is up 2.7% today.
- Petsmart Inc (PETM[6]): PETM stock is up 2.6% today and up 20.4% in the last month.
- Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc (AHT[7]): AHT stock is up 2.4% today.
- Discovery Communications Inc (DISCK[8]): DISCK stock is up 2.4% today.
- Comcast Corp (CMCSK[9]): CMCSK stock is up 2.4% today.
- Abercrombie & Fitch Company (ANF[10]): ANF stock is up 2.4% today.
Some of the biggest losers among services stocks include:
- Neustar Inc (NSR[11]): NSR stock is down 2.1% today.
- Brady Corp (BRC[12]): BRC stock is down 1.7% today.
- Caesars Entertainment Corporati (CZR[13]): CZR stock is down 1.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Six Flags Entertainment Corp (SIX[14]): SIX stock is down 1.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Vistaprint N.V. (VPRT[15]): VPRT stock is down 1.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Sally Beauty Holdings (SBH[16]): SBH stock is down 1.4% today.
- United States Cellular Corp (USM[17]): USM stock is down 1.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Walter Investment Management Corp (WAC[18]): WAC stock is down 1.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Republic Services (RSG[19]): RSG stock is down 1.1% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Lululemon Athletica Inc (LULU[20]): LULU stock is down 1.1%, 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.
Endnotes:
- IRS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=IRS
- DISCA: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=DISCA
- WTW: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WTW
- SBAC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SBAC
- CMCSA: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CMCSA
- PETM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PETM
- AHT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AHT
- DISCK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=DISCK
- CMCSK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CMCSK
- ANF: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ANF
- NSR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NSR
- BRC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BRC
- CZR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CZR
- SIX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SIX
- VPRT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VPRT
- SBH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SBH
- USM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=USM
- WAC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WAC
- RSG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=RSG
- LULU: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=LULU
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