Capital goods stocks rose 0.9% on Wall Street on Wednesday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.2% higher, the Nasdaq increased 0.2% and the S&P 500 rose 0.2%.
Some of the biggest gainers among capital goods stocks include:
- U.S. Silica Holdings Inc (SLCA): SLCA stock is up 3.1% today.
- Terex Corp (TEX): TEX stock is up 3.3% today.
- Fastenal Company (FAST): FAST stock is up 2.8% today.
- Eagle Materials Inc (EXP): EXP stock is up 2.5% today.
- Manitowoc Company (MTW): MTW stock is up 2.4% today.
- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (JEC): JEC stock is up 2.3% today.
- Cummins Inc (CMI): CMI stock is up 2.6% today.
- Joy Global Inc (JOY): JOY stock is up 2.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Aecom Technology Corp (ACM): ACM stock is up 1.7% today.
- Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. (CBI): CBI stock is up 1.9% today.
Some of the biggest losers among capital goods stocks include:
- NCI Building Systems (NCS): NCS stock is down 0.9% today.
- Colfax Corp (CFX): CFX stock is down 0.4%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Astronics Corp (ATRO): ATRO stock is down 0.7%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Teledyne Technologies Inc (TDY): TDY stock is down 0.5% today.
- Wesco Aircraft Holdings Inc (WAIR): WAIR stock is down 0.3% today.
- 3M Company (MMM): MMM stock is down 0.1% 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.
