Worst Performing Industries For January 2, 2015

The Dow climbed 0.34% to 17,883.08, while the NASDAQ composite index fell 0.48% to 4,713.20. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 0.35% to 2,066.11. The worst performing industries in the market today are: Toy & Hobby Stores: The industry dropped 5.52% by 11:00 am. The worst performer in this industry was Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. BBW, which declined 5.6%. Build-A-Bear's trailing-twelve-month profit margin is 2.17%. Computer Peripherals: This industry fell 2.50% by 11:00 am ET. Synaptics Inc. SYNA shares dropped 8.4% in today's trading. Analysts at Pacific Crest downgraded Synaptics from Outperform to Sector Perform and removed the price target of $100. Wholesale, Other: This industry tumbled 2.04% by 11:00 am. The worst stock within the industry was United Stationers Inc. USTR, which fell 2.4%. United Stationers shares have dropped 7.22% over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has surged 12.39% in the same period. Movie Production, Theaters: This industry declined 1.75% by 11:00 am with AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. AMC moving down 4.1%. AMC Entertainment's PEG ratio is 5.75.
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