Services stocks finished up 2.0% on Wall Street today.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1.5%, the Nasdaq pushed 1.9% higher and the S&P 500 increased 1.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among services stocks include:
- Core-Mark Holding Company (CORE): CORE stock is up 6.3% today.
- Insperity Inc (NSP): NSP stock is up 5.8% today and up 27.6% in the last month.
- Imax Corp (IMAX): IMAX stock is up 5.5% today.
- Metaldyne Performance Group Inc (MPG): MPG stock is up 5.0% today.
- Groupon Inc (GRPN): GRPN stock is up 4.6% today.
- Nexstar Broadcasting Group (NXST): NXST stock is up 4.5% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Melco Crown Entertainment Limited (MPEL): MPEL stock is up 4.5% today.
- Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Inc (KW): KW stock is up 4.4% today.
- HFF Inc (HF): HF stock is up 4.3% today on 3 times normal volume.
- China Lodging Group Limited (HTHT): HTHT stock is up 4.2% today.
Some of the biggest losers among services stocks include:
- Penn National Gaming (PENN): PENN stock is down 0.9% today.
- Papa John’s International (PZZA): PZZA stock is down 0.9% today.
- Vipshop Holdings Limited (VIPS): VIPS stock is down 0.8% today.
- International Game Technology (IGT): IGT stock is down 0.3% 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.
