Market Watch (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
NEW YORK -- Airline stocks climbed Friday after the U.S. monthly unemployment rate fell unexpectedly, a potential harbinger to economic and airline industry growth. At last check, the NYSE Arca Airline Index rose 1.8% with all of its 13 components trading up. Shares of United parent UAL Corp. rose 4% to $9.60, US Airways added 4% to $4.22 and Tam Sa climbed 4.3% to $19.19. Market Pulse Stories are...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Airline stocks were up slightly Thursday morning with US Airways in the lead after the carrier posted its November traffic results. At last check, the NYSE Arca Airline Index rose 1% to 29.89 points with all but two of its 13 components trading up. Shares of US Airways added 3% to $4.09 after the carrier reported a decline in its November traffic and capacity, with a relatively...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Airline stocks were up Wednesday in light trading just before the Thanksgiving holiday. At last check, the NYSE Arca Airline Index rose a fraction to 26.68 with seven of its 13 components trading up. Shares of US Airways added nearly 1% to $3.32, while American parent AMR Corp. and United's UAL Corp. rose fractionally. Trading down, U.S.-listed shares of Lan Airlines slipped...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - A drop in the value of a dollar lifted airline stocks Monday along with the boarder market. At last check, the NYSE Arca Airline Index rose 1.4% to 26.40 points with all of its 13 components aloft. Shares of American parent AMR Corp. rose 1.8% to $5.56, US Airways added 1.3% to $3.14 and Southwest climbed nearly 2% to $9.16. U.S.-listed shares of Tam Sa rose 4.3% to $17.10...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
NEW YORK -- Airline stocks declined Thursday with the wider market. At last check, the NYSE Arca Airline Index fell nearly 1% to 26.37 points with all but one of its 13 components trading down. Shares of US Airways fell 2.7% to $3.18, American parent AMR Corp. lost 2% to $5.65 and Continental shed 1.8% to $13.13. Trading up were shares of Tam Sa , adding 3% to $16.96. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Airline stocks declined early Wednesday as the price for oil surged past $80 a barrel. At last check, the NYSE Arca Airline Index fell a fraction to 27.08 with six of its 13 components in the red. Shares of Continental fell nearly 1% to $13.57, United parent UAL Corp. declined 1% to $7.41 and US Airways slipped a penny to $3.34. Up fractionally were shares of Alaska Air ,...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Airline stocks declined Tuesday after an industry trade group said the erosion in international premium-traveler accelerated for September from August. At last check, the NYSE Arca Airline Index fell less than 1% to 26.88 with all but two if its 13 components in the red. Shares of United parent UAL Corp. fell 1% to $7.42, American parent AMR Corp. fell 1% to $5.96 and Southwest...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Brokerage firm J.P. Morgan upgraded its stock rating for Brazilian airline Gol Linhas Aereas on Monday to neutral as a price war with its domestic rivals appeared to be ending. "This past weekend, GOL appears to have significantly modified its fare structure," the firm said in a note to clients. "Most importantly, close-in walk-up fares were broadly increased,...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Airline stocks rose early Wednesday on the back of airline traffic reports that showed fuller planes and even some instances of growth. At last check, the NYSE Arca Airline Index rose 1.2% to 24.32 points with all but two of its 13 components trading up. Shares of US Airways rose 4.4% to $3.06, United parent UAL Corp. added 2.3% to $6.79 and Alaska Air [: alk] gained three...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Airline stocks were up early Thursday after a trade group said international passenger traffic grew for the first time in a year. At last check, the NYSE Arca Airline Index rose 2% to 24.42 points with all but one of its 13 components trading up. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added about 69 points to 9,832. Shares of Delta jumped more than 4% to $7.51, United parent UAL...
Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
( EMAILWIRE.COM , October 24, 2009 ) Dallas, TX - Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) surged 10.60% to close at $54.89 on 7.25 million shares after the company forecasted 2009 profit to increase to $1.82 to $1.90 a share, up from a prior projection of $1.65 to $1.82. Sales will total $1.67 billion. Analysts had anticipated earnings of $1.86 a share, the average of 24 estimates, on revenue of $1.67 billion....
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Airline stocks got a boost Tuesday after United Airlines parent company UAL Corp. reported a narrower-than-expected third-quarter loss. At last check, the NYSE Arca Airline Index rose 1.3% to 28.24 with all but three of its 13 components trading up. Shares of UAL jumped almost 10% to $7.98, US Airways added 4% to $4.35 and Continental added 3% to $16.17. Trading down were...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Airline stocks were mixed early Friday with a softer market. At last check, the NYSE Arca Airline Index fell about 1% to 27.36 with all but four of its 13 components trading down. Alaska Air fell 2.2% to $26.22, Southwest fell less than 1% to $9.67 and Tam Sa lost a penny at $13.36. All the major U.S. carriers were trading higher, with US Airways up 2% to $4.47 and Delta adding...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Airline shares opened higher Thursday with the wider market. The NYSE Arca Airline Index [s xal] rose nearly 1% to 27.17 with all but three of its components in the red. Delta Air added 2% to $8.45, US Airways climbed 1.7% to $4.32 and United parent UAL Corp. rose 1.6% to $.10. Trading down were U.S.-listed shares of Gol , Tam Sa and Ryanair . The Dow Jones Industrial Average...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Airline stocks were under pressure Wednesday morning with a down market and higher crude prices. At last check, the NYSE Arca Airline Index fell a fraction to 27.43 points with seven of its 13 components in the red. Shares of United parent UAL Corp. lost 1% to $7.31, US Airways fell 1% to $4.34 and Tam Sa shed less than 1% at $13.65. Climbing fractionally were shares of Delta...
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