Industrials

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $1.97 or 4.4 percent, to $46.72.

Shares of some top aerospace companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Boeing fell $.33 or .3 percent, to $131.64.

Shares of some top construction companies are down at 10 a.m.: Fluor fell $.87 or 1.4 percent, to $62.04.

Alcoa Inc. is touting a breakthrough in aluminum manufacturing that it says will give the lightweight metal a better chance to replace steel in car doors and fenders.

Chicago officials say a pallet company's new depot in the city will create 100 jobs.

Slovakia's prime minister says his government is terminating the lease of a major state-owned hydro power plant to Italian energy company Enel.

Ryanair keeps soaring higher and higher.

A look at the 10 biggest percentage gainers on New York Stock Exchange at 1 p.m.: GasLog Ltd. rose 16.7 percent to $18.62.

Shares of some top construction companies were mixed at the close of trading: Fluor rose $1.33 or 2.2 percent, to $62.91.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Puma Biotechnology Inc. (PBYI), down $27.33 to $197.67 The biotechnology company said it will delay filing for marketing approval until 2016 for an experimental breast cancer drug.

Shares of some top construction companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Fluor rose $1.31 or 2.1 percent, to $62.89.

The on-again, off-again chairman of the Chippewa Cree Tribe has denied allegations that he defrauded the tribe with exaggerated claims by his construction company and by overcharging for equipment rental.

The FBI has arrested the treasurer of a debt-ridden public agency in Puerto Rico that the government is trying to bail out with help from a proposed tax increase that has angered many.

Customer-service agents at Southwest have approved a new labor contract, a boost for the airline, which hasn't been able to get a deal with pilots or ramp workers.

Shares of some top aerospace companies are up at 10 a.m.: Boeing rose $.05 or percent, to $132.33.

Dramatic government test results raise new concern that bulk shipments of rechargeable lithium batteries carried as cargo on passenger planes are susceptible to fires or explosions that could destroy the airliners.

Shares of some top airlines companies were mixed at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $.95 or 2.1 percent, to $44.67.

Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous in consumer goods from laptops to cellphones.

Dramatic government tests results are raising concern that bulk shipments of rechargeable lithium batteries carried in passenger airplanes are susceptible to fires or explosions that could destroy the airliners.

Delta has reduced flights between New York and Ghana's capital of Accra by 18 percent, citing weaker passenger demand.