Capital goods stocks advanced 0.3% on Wall Street on Wednesday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2%, the Nasdaq pushed 0.3% higher and the S&P 500 was up 0.2%.
Some of the biggest gainers among capital goods stocks include:
- Headwaters Inc (HW): HW stock is up 0.8% today.
- Elbit Systems Ltd (ESLT): ESLT stock is up 1.6% today.
- Astronics Corp (ATRO): ATRO stock is up 2.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Toll Brothers Inc (TOL): TOL stock is up 1.1% today.
- Boeing Company (BA): BA stock is up 1.1% today.
- Heico Corp (HEI): HEI stock is up 1.1% today.
- Armstrong World Industries Inc (AWI): AWI stock is up 1.0% today.
- Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT): LMT stock is up 0.8% today.
- Pultegroup (PHM): PHM stock is up 0.6% today.
Some of the biggest losers among capital goods stocks include:
- Chart Industries (GTLS): GTLS stock is down 3.4% today.
- U.S. Silica Holdings Inc (SLCA): SLCA stock is down 2.1% today.
- Manitowoc Company (MTW): MTW stock is down 1.1% today.
- Tenaris S.A. (TS): TS stock is down 2.1% today.
- KBR Inc (KBR): KBR stock is down 0.8% today.
- Agco Corp (AGCO): AGCO stock is down 1.0% today.
- Msc Industrial Direct Company (MSM): MSM stock is down 1.0% today.
- AAR Corp (AIR): AIR stock is down 1.5% today.
- Orbital Sciences Corp (ORB): ORB stock is down 1.5% 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.
