Hottest Capital Goods Stocks Now – LPX PRIM FBHS MTZ

by Portfolio Grader | August 4, 2014 5:15 pm

Capital goods stocks finished up 0.3% on Wall Street on Monday.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.7%, the Nasdaq pushed 0.7% higher and the S&P 500 was up 0.7%.

Some of the biggest gainers among capital goods stocks include:

• Louisiana-Pacific Corp (LPX[1]): LPX stock is up 2.5% today.

• Primoris Services Corp (PRIM[2]): PRIM stock is up 2.0% today.

• Fortune Brands Home & Security (FBHS[3]): FBHS stock is up 1.8%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Mastec Inc (MTZ[4]): MTZ stock is up 1.7% today.

• KBR Inc (KBR[5]): KBR stock is up 1.3% today.

• Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO[6]): LECO stock is up 1.3% today.

• Caterpillar Inc (CAT[7]): CAT stock is up 1.3% today.

• KB Home (KBH[8]): KBH stock is up 1.2% today.

• Standard Pacific LP (SPF[9]): SPF stock is up 1.2% today.

• Teledyne Technologies Inc (TDY[10]): TDY stock is up 1.1% today.

Some of the biggest losers among capital goods stocks include:

• Lindsay Corp (LNN[11]): LNN stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• AAR Corp (AIR[12]): AIR stock is down 0.6% today.

• Cubic Corp (CUB[13]): CUB stock is down 0.6% today.

• Boeing Company (BA[14]): BA stock is down 0.3%, marking the ninth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Lennox International (LII[15]): LII stock is down 0.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Raytheon Company (RTN[16]): RTN stock is down 0.3% today.

• Dxp Enterprises (DXPE[17]): DXPE stock is down 0.3% today.

• Rockwell Collins (COL[18]): COL stock is down 0.2% today.

• Orbital Sciences Corp (ORB[19]): ORB stock is down 0.2% today.

• Valmont Industries (VMI[20]): VMI stock is down 0.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

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And for more on the hot stocks moving most on Wall Street right now, check out our archive of daily market movers by sector here[23].

Editor’s Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.

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