Best Performing Sectors In Last Month: Hotel REITs, Home Furnishings, Car Rentals

Commodities & Metals

Published: April 24, 2009 8:54 am

Last Updated: April 24, 2009 2:48 pm

Based on the TickerSpy index of major industry sectors, hotel REITs had the best performance of any group measured, up almost 60%. At the head of the industry were Diamondrock (DRH) and LaSalle Hotel (LHO).

Home Furnishing Retail was a closed second, up 55% lead by Pier 1 (PIR) and Kirklands (KRK).

Over the last month, the Vehicle Rental sector was higher by 50%. AvisBudget (CAR) and Hertz (HTZ) help push up this industry group.

The biggest loser in the last month was Gold and Silver stocks with the largest companies in the sector being Agnico Eagle (AEM) and and Yamana Gold (AUY)

Data from Tickerspy.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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