Capital goods stocks rose 1.0% on Wall Street today.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 1.1%, the Nasdaq rose 1.4% and the S&P 500 was up 1.1%.
Some of the biggest gainers among capital goods stocks include:
- Standex International Corp (SXI): SXI stock is up 4.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- U.S. Silica Holdings Inc (SLCA): SLCA stock is up 4.5% today.
- Colfax Corp (CFX): CFX stock is up 3.5% today.
- Harsco Corp (HSC): HSC stock is up 3.2% today.
- Armstrong World Industries Inc (AWI): AWI stock is up 3.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT): AIT stock is up 2.8% today.
- Quanta Services (PWR): PWR stock is up 2.8% today.
- Timken Company (TKR): TKR stock is up 2.7% today.
- Regal-Beloit Corp (RBC): RBC stock is up 2.3% today.
- Louisiana-Pacific Corp (LPX): LPX stock is up 2.2% today.
Some of the biggest losers among capital goods stocks include:
- Lennar Corp (LEN): LEN stock is down 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Astronics Corp (ATRO): ATRO stock is down 0.7% today.
- Lennar Corp (LEN.B): LEN.B stock is down 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Elbit Systems Ltd (ESLT): ESLT stock is down 0.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- D.R. Horton (DHI): DHI stock is down 0.1%, 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.
