Capital goods stocks finished up 0.7% on Wall Street on Tuesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6%, the Nasdaq pushed 0.7% higher and the S&P 500 increased 0.6%.
Some of the biggest gainers among capital goods stocks include:
- Primoris Services Corp (PRIM): PRIM stock is up 6.4% today.
- Terex Corp (TEX): TEX stock is up 5.1% today.
- NCI Building Systems (NCS): NCS stock is up 4.6% today.
- Fluor Corp (FLR): FLR stock is up 3.7% today.
- Orbital Sciences Corp (ORB): ORB stock is up 3.4% today.
- Manitowoc Company (MTW): MTW stock is up 3.3% today.
- Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De Aeronautica (ERJ): ERJ stock is up 3.1% today.
- BE Aerospace (BEAV): BEAV stock is up 2.6% today.
- Armstrong World Industries Inc (AWI): AWI stock is up 2.6% today.
- Mastec Inc (MTZ): MTZ stock is up 2.1% today.
Some of the biggest losers among capital goods stocks include:
- James Hardie Industries Se (JHX): JHX stock is down 3.1% today on 7 times normal volume.
- Foster Wheeler Ag. (FWLT): FWLT stock is down 2.0% today.
- Wesco Aircraft Holdings Inc (WAIR): WAIR stock is down 1.3% today.
- Tennant Company (TNC): TNC stock is down 1.0%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Tutor Perini Corp (TPC): TPC stock is down 0.9%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- AAR Corp (AIR): AIR stock is down 0.8% today.
- Msc Industrial Direct Company (MSM): MSM stock is down 0.8%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Pentair Ltd (PNR): PNR stock is down 0.7% today.
- Heico Cp Cl A (HEI.A): HEI.A stock is down 0.7% today.
- Elbit Systems Ltd (ESLT): ESLT stock is down 0.7% 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.
