Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Alaska Air Group Inc., is an aviation holding firm / corporation based in SeaTac, Washington which owns two certificated airlines operating in the United States: Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air.
Read More at Wikipedia ›The Transportation sector (IYT) showed little movement while the S&P 500 gained 0.
2% during trading today.The ETF, as a proxy for the sector, tracked closer to the overall market today than over the past week. Going into trading today, IYT was up 3.5% over the last seven trading days while the S&P 500 went up 1.3%.US Airways Group (NYSE:LCC) was a significant gainer in the sector, rising 10.5%. The stock closed at $12.16 with 17.1 million shares moving. The stock traded in a range of $11.13 to $12.23.Genco Shipping & Trading (NYSE:GNK) was one of the sector's big losers, as its price dropped 10.5% (-35 cents) to close at $2.97. 1.2 million shares of the stock moved. The stock traded between $2.94 and $3.36.XPO Logistics (AMEX:XPO) rose 8.1% to close at $17.67, cross its 50-day moving average of $16.43 and 200-day moving average of $14.15. Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) declined 1.6% to close at $7.98, moving below its 50-day moving average of $7.83 and 200-day moving average of $8.20.Alaska...
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