Capital goods stocks finished up 1.1% on Wall Street today.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.3%, the Nasdaq stayed the same and the S&P 500 rose 0.3%.
Some of the biggest gainers among capital goods stocks include:
- Dresser-Rand Group Inc (DRC): DRC stock is up 1.8% today.
- L-3 Communications Holdings (LLL): LLL stock is up 1.4% today.
- BE Aerospace (BEAV): BEAV stock is up 1.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Forest City Ent Cl A (FCE.A): FCE.A stock is up 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Fortune Brands Home & Security (FBHS): FBHS stock is up 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC): NOC stock is up 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Fastenal Company (FAST): FAST stock is up 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Esterline Technologies Corp (ESL): ESL stock is up 0.9% today.
- Fluor Corp (FLR): FLR stock is up 0.8% today.
- Alliant Techsystems Inc (ATK): ATK stock is up 0.8%, marking the seventh consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among capital goods stocks include:
- Dxp Enterprises (DXPE): DXPE stock is down 2.2% today.
- Foster Wheeler Ag. (FWLT): FWLT stock is down 0.9% today.
- Caesarstone Sdot-Yam Ltd (CSTE): CSTE stock is down 0.9% today.
- Valmont Industries (VMI): VMI stock is down 0.8% today.
- Aecom Technology Corp (ACM): ACM stock is down 0.8% today.
- Apogee Enterprises (APOG): APOG stock is down 0.8% today.
- The Middleby Corp (MIDD): MIDD stock is down 0.6% today.
- Teledyne Technologies Inc (TDY): TDY stock is down 0.6% today.
- M.D.C. Holdings (MDC): MDC stock is down 0.5% today.
- Zebra Technologies Corp (ZBRA): ZBRA stock is down 0.4% 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.
