News Summary (AMR, DAL, JBLU, GOL, UAUA, DG, SKS)
Airline stocks are showing mixed results today, ahead of a number of key economic reports. The shares moving up in the list were American parent AMR Corp (NYSE: AMR), Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL), JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU) and Gol Linhas (NYSE: GOL). However, the shares of UAL Corp (NASDAQ: UAUA) fell about 0.10%. The NYSE Arca Airline Index (XAL) rose about 0.50%.
Energy stocks have widened their losses today. The NYSE Arca Oil Index (XOI) dropped about 0.09%, while the Philadelphia Oil Service Index (OSX) fell about 0.91%. The NYSE Arca Natural Gas Index (XNG) also moved down about 0.04%.
US Retail stocks moved down today with investors continuing to be worried about the pace of the economic recovery. Shares of Dollar General Corp (NYSE: DG) fell about 0.79% after the company's raised projections fell short of analyst expectations. Shares of Saks Inc (NYSE: SKS) jumped about 23.18% after UK's Daily Mail reported that the company is likely to receive a $1.7 billion cash bid from a group of US and UK private-equity firms. The S&P Retail Index (RLX) dropped about 0.51%.
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