Capital goods stocks rose broadly on Wall Street so far on Wednesday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.1%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stayed the same, the Nasdaq was down 0.1% and the S&P 500 was steady.
Some of the biggest gainers among capital goods stocks include:
- Donaldson Company (DCI): DCI stock is up 3.1% today.
- Eagle Materials Inc (EXP): EXP stock is up 1.0% today.
- Armstrong World Industries Inc (AWI): AWI stock is up 1.0% today.
- BE Aerospace (BEAV): BEAV stock is up 0.8% today.
- Mastec Inc (MTZ): MTZ stock is up 0.8% today.
- Foster Wheeler Ag. (FWLT): FWLT stock is up 0.8% today.
- U.S. Silica Holdings Inc (SLCA): SLCA stock is up 0.8% today.
- Cummins Inc (CMI): CMI stock is up 0.7% today.
- Astronics Corp (ATRO): ATRO stock is up 0.7%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Joy Global Inc (JOY): JOY stock is up 0.7% today.
Some of the biggest losers among capital goods stocks include:
- Heico Corp (HEI): HEI stock is down 4.7% today.
- Heico Cp Cl A (HEI.A): HEI.A stock is down 2.8% today.
- Exelis Inc. Common Stock New Wh (XLS): XLS stock is down 1.4% today.
- USG Corp (USG): USG stock is down 1.0% today.
- Dycom Industries (DY): DY stock is down 1.1% today.
- Alliant Techsystems Inc (ATK): ATK stock is down 0.7% today.
- Louisiana-Pacific Corp (LPX): LPX stock is down 0.7% today.
- Msc Industrial Direct Company (MSM): MSM stock is down 0.7% today.
- Dresser-Rand Group Inc (DRC): DRC stock is down 0.8% today.
- Primoris Services Corp (PRIM): PRIM stock is down 0.6% 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.
