Today's Market Winners and Losers

Investing

Published: August 29, 2012 10:31 am

Last Updated: April 28, 2020 7:49 am

Stocks are up slightly Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.02%, the Nasdaq up 0.03% and the S&P 500 up 0.07%. Today’s big winner is a retailer who beat Wall Street earnings expecations, while the biggest loser was a construction firm for telecommunications companies who missed expectations.

This is Wednesday’s market winner and loser.

Biggest Winner

Shares of Jos A. Bank Clothiers Inc. (NASDAQ: JOSB) are up 16.57% to $48.53 on trading volume of 2 million. The retailer earned 83 cents a share in the second quarter, better than the 73 cents a share analysts polled by Reuters were expecting. The 52-week high is $56.43.

Biggest Loser

Shares of Dycom Industries Inc. (NYSE: DY) are down 18.22% to $15.44 on trading volume of 1.8 million shares. The company, which provides construction and installation to telecommunication companies, earned 39 cents a share in the fourth quarter, below analyst estimates of 41 cents. The 52-week low is $14.00.

Samuel Weigley

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