Washington’s Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) is up 4.48%, as the company crushed earnings estimates, beating the 34-cent consensus by 7 cents. Sales were a fraction below $10 billion.
Amazon is the best-performing stock on the InvestorPlace.com Real America Index today. Other top performers include:
Wyoming’s Double Eagle Petroleum (NASDAQ:DBLE) trickled up 0.65% as peer petroleum companies are reporting solid earnings, and investors are likely hoping for the same.
Arkansas’ Conoco-Phillips (NYSE:S) is up a marginal 0.12%. The company reported earnings that were lower year-over-year but topped estimates, reporting $2.41 per share in net earnings vs. an expected $2.20.
The Real America Index is otherwise down 1% today, and these three stocks are getting the worst of it:
Vermont’s Green Mountain Coffee (NASDAQ:GMCR) is down 4.61%. There’s no news, but the high-growth company reports earnings after the bell. Investors are likely hedging against any potential bad news, which can send high-growth stocks plummeting.
Hawaii’s Hawaiian Holdings
(NASDAQ:HA) is losing altitude by 4.99% after reporting a $50 million loss yesterday, missing estimates. Before extraordinary charges, the company lost $8 million. The airline also announced it would raise fees for the first checked bag, probably to help offset the loss.
Idaho’s Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) was hammered for a loss of 5.04%. The company can’t shake off the big net loss it reported in June.
Looking at the broad perspective, the Real America Index is bouncing just above the zero line, along with the other three major indices.
About the Real America Index
When Americans wonder how healthy the nation’s economy is, where can they turn? At InvestorPlace, we hope we have the answer: a list of 50 publicly traded stocks we call the Real America Index. Check out the interactive Real America Index map, browse a list of all 50 component stocks, or find out how we created this index.