Worst Performing Industries For January 14, 2015

The Dow dropped 0.92% to 17,452.30, while the NASDAQ composite index fell 0.40% to 4,643.01. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index slipped 0.68% to 2,009.34. The worst performing industries in the market today are: Semiconductor- Memory Chips: This industry fell 5.23% by 11:00 am ET. Spansion Inc. CODE shares dropped 2.5% in today's trading. Spansion's trailing-twelve-month ROE is -12.65%. Copper: This industry tumbled 3.96% by 11:00 am. The worst stock within the industry was Freeport-McMoRan Inc. FCX, which fell 10.3%. Copper futures fell 4.35% to trade at $2.53. Auto Parts Wholesale: This industry declined 3.46% by 11:00 am with Magna International Inc. MGA moving down 5.9%. Magna projected FY2015 sales of $34.40 billion to $36.10 billion. Synthetics: The industry dropped 2.56% by 11:00 am. The worst performer in this industry was Trinseo SA TSE, which declined 3.4%. Trinseo's trailing-twelve-month EPS is -$0.67.