Capital goods stocks rose 0.5% on Wall Street on Thursday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.8%, the Nasdaq rose 0.6% and the S&P 500 increased 0.8%.
Some of the biggest gainers among capital goods stocks include:
- Forest City Ent Cl A (FCE.A): FCE.A stock is up 2.2% today.
- Comfort Systems USA (FIX): FIX stock is up 1.9% today.
- Topbuild Corp (BLD): BLD stock is up 2.1% today.
- D.R. Horton (DHI): DHI stock is up 1.6% today.
- Dycom Industries (DY): DY stock is up 1.8% today.
- Thor Industries (THO): THO stock is up 1.7% today.
- Pultegroup (PHM): PHM stock is up 1.7% today.
- KB Home (KBH): KBH stock is up 1.6% today.
- Vulcan Materials Company (VMC): VMC stock is up 1.5% today.
- M.D.C. Holdings (MDC): MDC stock is up 1.4% today.
Some of the biggest losers among capital goods stocks include:
- Joy Global Inc (JOY): JOY stock is down 15.3% today and down 26.2% in the last month.
- James Hardie Industries Se (JHX): JHX stock is down 1.9% today.
- Caterpillar Inc (CAT): CAT stock is down 2.0% today.
- Itt Industries (ITT): ITT stock is down 0.5% today.
- Barnes Group (B): B stock is down 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- CRH Plc (CRH): CRH stock is down 0.6% today.
- SPX Corp (SPW): SPW stock is down 0.5%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Kennametal Inc (KMT): KMT stock is down 0.4% today.
- Mastec Inc (MTZ): MTZ stock is down 0.2% today.
For more information on the best stocks to buy right now, check out the latest commentary on InvestorPlace.com.
And for more on the hot stocks moving most on Wall Street right now, check out our archive of daily market movers by sector here.
Editor’s Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.
