- Transportation stocks are solidly higher across select parts of the broad sector.
- Some technical traders think the sector is on a breakout pattern, while analysts are honed in on conference presentations where Q3 updates are being spilled.
- Notable gainers include Diana Shipping (DSX +8.3%), Scorpio Bulkers (SALT +7.5%), Safe Bulkers (SB +4.8%), and Panagaea Logistics Solutions (PANL +13.4%), Celadon Group (CGI +4.2%), USA Truck (USAK +3.5%), American Airlines Group (AAL +6.2%), United Continental (UAL +5.6%), Delta Air Lines (DAL +5.4%), CSX Corp (CSX +1.6%), and Roadrunner Transportation Systems (RRTS +2.1%), and Swift Transportation (SWFT +0.8%).
- The Dow Jones Transportation Index is up 1.11% vs. slight declines for broad market averages.