Capital goods stocks rose broadly on Wall Street today, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 1.0%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.5% higher, the Nasdaq increased 0.3% and the S&P 500 was up 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among capital goods stocks include:
- Fluor Corp (FLR): FLR stock is up 2.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Meritage Corp (MTH): MTH stock is up 2.1% today.
- Deere & Company (DE): DE stock is up 2.0% today.
- Flowserve Corp (FLS): FLS stock is up 1.9% today.
- Tenaris S.A. (TS): TS stock is up 1.8% today.
- Fortune Brands Home & Security (FBHS): FBHS stock is up 1.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Agco Corp (AGCO): AGCO stock is up 1.7% today.
- Heico Cp Cl A (HEI.A): HEI.A stock is up 1.7% today.
- Timken Company (TKR): TKR stock is up 1.7% today.
- USG Corp (USG): USG stock is up 1.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among capital goods stocks include:
- Caesarstone Sdot-Yam Ltd (CSTE): CSTE stock is down 1.4% today.
- Moog Inc (MOG.A): MOG.A stock is down 0.7% today.
- KBR Inc (KBR): KBR stock is down 0.5% today.
- NCI Building Systems (NCS): NCS stock is down 0.4% today.
- Mastec Inc (MTZ): MTZ stock is down 0.4% today.
- M.D.C. Holdings (MDC): MDC stock is down 0.3% today.
- Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT): AIT stock is down 0.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Granite Construction Inc (GVA): GVA stock is down 0.2% today.
- NVR Inc (NVR): NVR stock is down 0.1% today.
- Louisiana-Pacific Corp (LPX): LPX stock is down 0.1% 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.
