Top Performing Industries For August 10, 2015 - Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX), Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Common Stock (NYSE:BRK/A)

At 10:30 am, the Dow climbed 1.08 percent to 17,560.56, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved up 0.99 percent to 2,098.16 and the NASDAQ composite index rose 0.82 percent to 5,085.05. The industries that are driving the market today are:

Nonmetallic Mineral Mining:

This industry moved up 2.7 percent by 10:30 am. The top performer in this industry was

Rhino Resource Partners, L.P.RNO

, which gained 22 percent. Rhino Resource Partners shares have dropped 91.80 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 7.26 percent in the same period.

Building Materials Wholesale:

The industry gained 2.2 percent by 10:30 am. The top performer in this industry was

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation LPX

, which gained 2.3 percent. Louisiana-Pacific's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $1.96 billion.

Metal Fabrication:

This industry rose 2.1 percent by 10:30 am ET. The top performer in this industry was

Precision Castparts Corp. PCP

, which gained 19 percent. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:

BRK-A

) agreed to acquire Precision Castparts in a transaction valued at $37.2 billion, including debt.

Computer Peripherals:

This industry jumped 1.9 percent by 10:30 am. The top performer in this industry was

Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (USA) MCZ

, which rose 9.7 percent. Mad Catz is expected to report FQ1 results on August 13.

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