Hottest and Coldest Sectors for Thursday 7/7/2011

The S&P 500 (

) gained 14 points, or 1%, in today's session to close at 1353.22. The index is nearing its 52-week high of 1370.58, which was set on May 2nd. The Sector breakdown for Thursday's session is as follows:

1) CONSOL Energy (NYSE:

): Shares of CONSOL Energy finished up 4% from Wednesday's close to $50.90. 2) Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold: Shares of Freeport finished up 3.7% from Wednesday's close to 55.49. 3) Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE:

): Shares of Alpha Natural finished up 3.4% from Wednesday's close to $46.57. 4) Allegheny Technologies (NYSE:

): Shares of Allegheny finished up 3% from Wednesday's close to $62.23. 5) Avery Dennison (NYSE:

): Shares of Avery Dennison finished up 3% from Wednesday's close to $39.59.

1) Janus Capital (NYSE:

): Shares of Janus Capital finished up 5.9% from Wednesday's close to $10.12. 2) Prologis (NYSE:

): Shares of Prologis finished up 3.5% from Wednesday's close to $37.26. 3) Legg Mason (NYSE:

): Shares of Legg Mason finished up 3.3% from Wednesday's close to $34.22. 4) Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ:

): Shares of Huntington Bancshares finished up 3% from Wednesday's close to $6.74. 5) NYSE Euronext (NYSE:

): Shares of NYSE Euronext finished up 3% from Wednesday's close to $35.40.

1) KLA Tencor (NASDAQ:

): Shares of KLA finished up 7% from Wednesday's close to $42.53. 2) Juniper Networks (NYSE:

): Shares of Juniper Networks finished up 4.1% from Wednesday's close to $32.80. 3) Micron Technology (NYSE:

): Shares of Micron Technology finished up 3.4% from Wednesday's close to $7.82. 4) Applied Materials (NASDAQ:

): Shares of Applied Materials finished up 3% from Wednesday's close to $13.44. 5) Western Digital (NYSE:

): Shares of Western Digital finished up 3% from Wednesday's close to $38.51.

1) Kohl's (NYSE:

): Shares of Kohl's finished up 7.1% from Wednesday's close to $55.78. 2) Target (NYSE:

): Shares of Target finished up 6.7% from Wednesday's close to $51.67. 3) Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:

): Shares of Urban Outfitters finished up 6% from Wednesday's close to $32.58.

1) JC Penney (NYSE:

): Shares of JC Penny finished down 1.4% from Wednesday's close to $33.73. 2) YUM! Brands (NYSE:

): Shares of YUM finished down 1% from Wednesday's close to $55.59. 3) Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:

): Shares of Costco Wholesale finished down 0.7% from Wednesday's close to $82.06.

1) Valero Energy (NYSE:

): Shares of Valero finished up 4% from Wednesday's close to $26.32. 2) Halliburton (NYSE:

): Shares of Halliburton finished up 3.1% from Wednesday's close to $54.30. 3) Denbury Resources (NYSE:

): Shares of Denbury Resources finished up 2.7% from Wednesday's close to $20.41. 4) Apache (NYSE:

): Shares of Apache finished up 2.2% from Wednesday's close to $126.38.

1) Noble (NYSE:

): Shares of Noble finished down 1.7% from Wednesday's close to $37.69. 2) Rowan Companies (NYSE:

): Shares of Rowan finished down 0.2% from Wednesday's close to $38.82.

1) Textron (NYSE:

): Shares of Textron finished up 3.7% from Wednesday's close to $23.46. 2) PACCAR (NASDAQ:

): Shares of PACCAR finished up 3.4% from Wednesday's close to $53.39. 3) Fluor (NYSE:

): Shares of Fluor finished up 2.9% from Wednesday's close to $66.78.

1) Precision Castparts (NYSE:

): Shares of Precision Castparts finished down 3.4% from Wednesday's close to $164.18. 2) Northrop Grumman (NYSE:

): Shares of Northrop Grumman finished down 2.4% from Wednesday's close to $68.50. 3) Masco (NYSE:

): Shares of Masco finished down 0.3% from Wednesday's close to $12.04.

1) Avon Products (NYSE:

): Shares of Avon Products finished up 4.8% from Wednesday's close to $28.74. 2) Pultegroup (NYSE:

): Shares of Pultegroup finished up 3.4% from Wednesday's close to $7.84. 3) Lennar (NYSE:

): Shares of Lennar finished up 3.3% from Wednesday's close to $18.90.

1) Dr. Pepper Snapple Group (NYSE:

): Shares of Dr. Pepper Snapple Group finished down 2.7% from Wednesday's close to $41.65. 2) The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (NYSE:

): Shares of Goodyear Tire finished down 2.4% from Wednesday's close to $17.43. 3) Hormel Foods (NYSE:

): Shares of Hormel Foods finished down 1.5% from Wednesday's close to $29.85.

1) Constellation Energy (NYSE:

): Shares of Constellation Energy finished up 2% from Wednesday's close to $38.93. 2) Exelon (NYSE:

): Shares of Exelon finished up 1.9% from Wednesday's close to $43.74. 3) AES (NYSE:

): Shares of AES finished up 1.2% from Wednesday's close to $13.13.

1) Southern (NYSE:

): Shares of Southern finished down 0.4% from Wednesday's close to $40.48 2) Northeast Utilities (NYSE:

): Shares of Northeast Utilities finished down 0.4% from Wednesday's close to $35.36.

1) Sprint Nextel (NYSE:

): Shares of Sprint Nextel finished up 2.5% from Wednesday's close to $5.65. 2) Leucadia National (NYSE:

): Shares of Leucadia finished up 0.9% from Wednesday's close to $35.85.

1) Metropcs Communications (NYSE:

): Shares of Metropcs finished down 0.5% from Wednesday's close to $17.35. 2) Centurylink (NYSE:

): Shares of Centurylink finished down 0.5% from Wednesday's close to $40.71.

1) Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:

): Shares of Intuitive Surgical finished down 3.3% from Wednesday's close to $368.25. 2) Pfizer (NYSE:

): Shares of Pfizer finished down 2.7% from Wednesday's close to $20.23. 3) Humana (NYSE:

): Shares of Humana finished down 2.2% from Wednesday's close to $81.74.

1) Forest Laboratories (NYSE:

): Shares of Forest Laboratories finished up 2.3% from Wednesday's close to $39.92. 2) Celgene (NASDAQ:

): Shares of Celgene finished up 1.9% from Wednesday's close to $61.68. 3) Zimmer Holdings (NYSE:

): Shares of Zimmer Holdings finished up 1.8% from Wednesday's close to $65.73.