Services stocks advanced 0.4% on Wall Street so far on Wednesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.5%, the Nasdaq pushed 0.3% higher and the S&P 500 climbed 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among services stocks include:
- Yandex N.V. (YNDX): YNDX stock is up 4.7% today and up 21.4% in the last month.
- Ascena Retail Group (ASNA): ASNA stock is up 4.3% today.
- Yelp Inc (YELP): YELP stock is up 2.9% today.
- Zillow Inc. Cl A (Z): Z stock is up 2.5% today.
- Healthcare Services Group (HCSG): HCSG stock is up 2.6% today.
- Pinnacle Entertainment (PNK): PNK stock is up 2.1% today.
- Mobile Telesystems (MBT): MBT stock is up 2.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Vipshop Holdings Limited (VIPS): VIPS stock is up 1.9% today.
- Penn National Gaming (PENN): PENN stock is up 2.3% today.
- American Tower Corp (AMT): AMT stock is up 1.7% today.
Some of the biggest losers among services stocks include:
- Builders Firstsource (BLDR): BLDR stock is down 2.5% today.
- Telecom Argentina Stet – France Telecom S.A. (TEO): TEO stock is down 2.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- China Mobile [Hong Kong] Ltd (CHL): CHL stock is down 2.6% today.
- Starwood Property Trust (STWD): STWD stock is down 2.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Korea Telecom Corp (KT): KT stock is down 1.7% today.
- Tal Education Group (XRS): XRS stock is down 1.4% today.
- Reed Elsevier Plc (RUK): RUK stock is down 1.5% today.
- Nortel Inversora Sa ADR (NTL): NTL stock is down 1.5% today.
- Tim Participacoes S.A. (TSU): TSU stock is down 1.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Irsa Inversiones Y Representaciones S.A. (IRS): IRS stock is down 1.3% 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.
