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Shares of some top gold companies were down at the close of trading: Barrick Gold Corp. fell $.68 or 3.5 percent, to $18.58. Gold Fields Ltd ADS fell $.32 or 5.2 percent, to $5.81. GoldCorp. fell $1.07 ...

Shares of some top education companies were up at the close of trading: Apollo Group rose $.28 or 1.3 percent, to $21.35. Career Education Corp. rose $.30 or 10.8 percent, to $3.08. DeVry rose $.58 or ...

Shares of some top credit card companies were up at the close of trading: American Express Co. rose $1.09 or 1.5 percent, to $73.32. Capital One Financial Corp. rose $1.68 or 2.8 percent, to $60.83. Discover ...

Shares of some top banks companies were up at the close of trading: Bank of America Corp. rose $.07 or .5 percent, to $13.43. Citigroup Inc. rose $.84 or 1.7 percent, to $51.45. Goldman Sachs rose $3.71 ...

Shares of some top supermarkets companies were up at the close of trading: Kroger rose $.35 or 1.0 percent, to $35.42. Safeway rose $.14 or .6 percent, to $25.15. Supervalu rose $.26 or 3.9 percent, to ...

Shares of some top specialty retail companies were mixed at the close of trading: Autozone Inc. fell $2.21 or .5 percent, to $411.29. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. rose $.43 or .6 percent, to $69.11. Best Buy ...

Shares of some top managed care companies were up at the close of trading: Aetna rose $.51 or .9 percent, to $60.04. Cigna Corp. rose $.54 or .8 percent, to $67.90. Humana Inc. rose $1.10 or 1.4 percent, ...

Shares of some top restaurant companies were up at the close of trading: Brinker International Inc. rose $.39 or 1.0 percent, to $41.40. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. rose $3.08 or .8 percent, to $375.16. ...

Shares of some top medical devices companies were mixed at the close of trading: Allergan rose $.99 or 1.0 percent, to $101.41. Baxter International Inc. rose $1.09 or 1.5 percent, to $72.94. Boston Scientific ...

Shares of some top machinery companies were mixed at the close of trading: Caterpillar rose $.89 or 1.0 percent, to $87.67. Deere & Co. fell $2.42 or 2.7 percent, to $86.97. Manitowoc rose $.70 or 3.7 ...

Shares of some top media companies were mixed at the close of trading: Comcast Corp. fell $.23 or .5 percent, to $42.64. Walt Disney Co. rose $.11 or .2 percent, to $66.58. Gannett rose $.73 or 3.5 percent, ...

A look at the 10 biggest percentage decliners on New York Stock Exchange at the close of trading: Seabridge Gold Inc. fell 7.8 percent to $9.30. Stage Stores Inc. fell 7.2 percent to $24.19. Pretium Resources ...

Shares of some top internet companies were mixed at the close of trading: Amazon rose $5.78 or 2.2 percent, to $269.90. eBay rose $.91 or 1.6 percent, to $56.71. Google rose $5.31 or .6 percent, to $909.18. ...

Shares of some top pharmaceuticals companies were mixed at the close of trading: Baxter International Inc. rose $1.09 or 1.5 percent, to $72.94. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. rose $.53 or 1.2 percent, to $43.30. ...

Shares of some top homebuilders companies were up at the close of trading: DR Horton rose $.43 or 1.6 percent, to $27.23. Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. rose $.15 or 2.6 percent, to $6.02. Lennar Corp. rose ...

Shares of some top health care equipment companies were mixed at the close of trading: Becton, Dickinson & Co. rose $1.28 or 1.3 percent, to $101.78. Covidien rose $.10 or .2 percent, to $65.77. Patterson ...

Shares of some top utilities companies were up at the close of trading: American Electric Power Co. rose $.59 or 1.2 percent, to $49.64. Consolidated Edison Inc. Holding Co. rose $.63 or 1.0 percent, to ...

Shares of some top telecom companies were up at the close of trading: AT&T Inc. rose $.06 or .2 percent, to $37.44. Sprint Nextel rose $.04 or .5 percent, to $7.32. Verizon Communications Inc. rose $.15 ...

Shares of some top staffing companies were up at the close of trading: Kelly Services Inc. class A rose $.54 or 3.2 percent, to $17.50. Korn/Ferry International Inc. rose $.12 or .7 percent, to $17.98. ...

Shares of some top railroad companies were up at the close of trading: CSX rose $.22 or .9 percent, to $25.92. Canadian National Railway Co. rose $1.04 or 1.0 percent, to $102.69. Canadian Pacific Railway ...

Shares of some top silver companies were down at the close of trading: Hecla Mining Co. fell $.05 or 1.6 percent, to $3.17. Pan American Silver Corp. fell $.34 or 2.8 percent, to $11.74. Silver Standard ...

Shares of some top leisure companies were mixed at the close of trading: Carnival rose $.04 or .1 percent, to $35.00. Las Vegas Sands Corp. rose $.68 or 1.2 percent, to $58.64. MGM Resorts International ...

Shares of some top oil companies were up at the close of trading: BP PLC rose $.21 or .5 percent, to $42.96. Chevron rose $.66 or .5 percent, to $123.42. ConocoPhillips rose $.88 or 1.4 percent, to $63.31. ...

Shares of some top insurance companies were mixed at the close of trading: ACE L fell $.46 or .5 percent, to $91.65. Aflac Inc. rose $.92 or 1.7 percent, to $55.24. American International Group rose $.32 ...

Shares of some top food companies were mixed at the close of trading: ConAgra Foods Inc. rose $.14 or .4 percent, to $35.92. General Mills Inc. fell $.11 or .2 percent, to $50.36. Hormel Foods Corp. rose ...

Shares of some top biotechnology companies were mixed at the close of trading: Amgen Inc. rose $.66 or .6 percent, to $105.63. Biogen Idec fell $1.14 or .5 percent, to $226.85. Celgene Corp. rose $1.43 ...

Shares of some top big-box retail companies were mixed at the close of trading: Costco Wholesale Corp. rose $1.54 or 1.4 percent, to $113.05. Target rose $1.06 or 1.5 percent, to $71.06. Wal-Mart Stores ...

Shares of some top airlines companies were mixed at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $.10 or .5 percent, to $18.54. JetBlue Airways Corp. fell $.08 or 1.2 percent, to $6.44. Southwest Airlines Co. ...

Shares of some top tools and appliances companies were up at the close of trading: General Electric Co. rose $.19 or .8 percent, to $23.46. Snap-On rose $.83 or .9 percent, to $91.67. Stanley Works rose ...

Shares of some top consumer companies were mixed at the close of trading: Clorox fell $.20 or .2 percent, to $87.37. Colgate-Palmolive Co. fell $.34 or .5 percent, to $62.04. Kimberly-Clark Corp. rose ...

Shares of some top drug benefits companies were up at the close of trading: CVSCaremark rose $.07 or .1 percent, to $59.44. Express Scripts Holding Co. rose $1.17 or 1.9 percent, to $61.87.

Shares of some top construction companies were up at the close of trading: Fluor rose $2.57 or 4.1 percent, to $64.57. Foster Wheeler rose $.11 or .5 percent, to $21.60. Quanta Services Inc. rose $.46 ...

Shares of some top drugstore companies were up at the close of trading: CVSCaremark rose $.07 or .1 percent, to $59.44. Rite Aid rose $.19 or 7.3 percent, to $2.79. Walgreen rose $.78 or 1.6 percent, to ...

Shares of some top chemicals companies were up at the close of trading: Dow Chemical Co. rose $.72 or 2.1 percent, to $35.82. DuPont Co. rose $.40 or .7 percent, to $55.89.

Shares of some top department store retail companies were mixed at the close of trading: Kohl's Corp. fell $.45 or .9 percent, to $51.58. Macy's Inc. rose $.79 or 1.6 percent, to $48.67. Nordstrom fell ...

Shares of some top coal companies were up at the close of trading: Arch Coal rose $.05 or 1.0 percent, to $5.01. Consol Energy Inc. rose $.33 or 1.0 percent, to $33.97. Peabody Energy rose $.07 or .3 percent, ...

Shares of some top computer companies were mixed at the close of trading: Apple Inc. fell $1.32 or .3 percent, to $433.26. Dell Inc. fell $.03 or .2 percent, to $13.40. Hewlett Packard Co. fell $.09 or ...

Shares of some top aerospace companies were up at the close of trading: Boeing rose $2.34 or 2.4 percent, to $98.92. Lockheed Martin Corp. rose $2.41 or 2.3 percent, to $106.41. Northrop Grumman Corp. ...