Capital goods stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street so far on Tuesday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.1%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2%, the Nasdaq declined 0.2% and the S&P 500 was down 0.2%.
Some of the biggest gainers among capital goods stocks include:
- Granite Construction Inc (GVA): GVA stock is up 5.3% today.
- Astronics Corp (ATRO): ATRO stock is up 3.2% today.
- Apogee Enterprises (APOG): APOG stock is up 1.4% today.
- Raytheon Company (RTN): RTN stock is up 1.3% today.
- Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC): NOC stock is up 1.2% today.
- Orbital Sciences Corp (ORB): ORB stock is up 1.0% today.
- Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT): LMT stock is up 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Exelis Inc. Common Stock New Wh (XLS): XLS stock is up 0.9% today.
- Heico Corp (HEI): HEI stock is up 0.7% today.
- L-3 Communications Holdings (LLL): LLL stock is up 0.7% today.
Some of the biggest losers among capital goods stocks include:
- Zebra Technologies Corp (ZBRA): ZBRA stock is down 4.3% today.
- U.S. Silica Holdings Inc (SLCA): SLCA stock is down 4.2% today.
- Eagle Materials Inc (EXP): EXP stock is down 4.2% today.
- The Middleby Corp (MIDD): MIDD stock is down 3.6% today.
- Mastec Inc (MTZ): MTZ stock is down 2.5% today.
- Tenaris S.A. (TS): TS stock is down 2.2% today.
- Foster Wheeler Ag. (FWLT): FWLT stock is down 2.0% today.
- KBR Inc (KBR): KBR stock is down 1.9% today.
- Elbit Systems Ltd (ESLT): ESLT stock is down 1.9%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. (CBI): CBI stock is down 1.8% 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.
