Services stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street so far on Thursday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.2%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.1%, the Nasdaq was up 0.3% and the S&P 500 rose 0.1%.
Some of the biggest gainers among services stocks include:
- Macerich Company (MAC): MAC stock is up 5.2% today.
- Kroger Company (KR): KR stock is up 5.0% today.
- Pier 1 Imports (PIR): PIR stock is up 2.3% today.
- China Unicom [Hong Kong] Ltd (CHU): CHU stock is up 2.7% today.
- Oi S.A. Ads (OIBR): OIBR stock is up 2.8% today.
- Costco Wholesale Corp (COST): COST stock is up 2.3% today.
- Rouse Properties Inc. Common S (RSE): RSE stock is up 2.6% today.
- Mobile Telesystems (MBT): MBT stock is up 2.8% today.
- Dominion Midstream Partners LP (DM): DM stock is up 2.1% today.
- Sprint Corporation (S): S stock is up 2.7% today.
Some of the biggest losers among services stocks include:
- H&R Block (HRB): HRB stock is down 3.5% today.
- Buckle Inc (BKE): BKE stock is down 4.0% today.
- Quad Graphics Inc (QUAD): QUAD stock is down 3.3% today.
- Abercrombie & Fitch Company (ANF): ANF stock is down 2.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Cato Corp (CATO): CATO stock is down 2.1% today.
- Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. (UGP): UGP stock is down 2.4% today.
- Devry Inc (DV): DV stock is down 1.9% today.
- Icahn Enterprises L.P. (IEP): IEP stock is down 2.0% today.
- Textainer Group Holdings (TGH): TGH stock is down 1.7% today.
- Huron Consulting Group Inc (HURN): HURN stock is down 2.1% 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.
