The 10 Stocks Getting Crushed The Most In Today's Market Meltdown
The whole market is selling off hard today, but a few sectors are performing especially poorly on news that President Obama was re-elected to a second term last night.
The ten stocks in the S&P 500 getting the worst of the market bloodbath today:
Peadbody Energy (BTU): -8.6 percent
Humana (HUM): -8.6 percent
Apollo Group (APOL): -8.3 percent
Morgan Stanley (MS): -6.9 percent
CONSOL Energy (CNZ): -6.5 percent
Lincoln National (LNC): -6.5 percent
Devon Energy (DVN): -6.4 percent
MetLife (MET): -6.2 percent
Vulcan Materials (VMC): -6.0 percent
L-3 Communications (LLL): -5.6 percent
In other words, energy stocks, insurance, and defense companies – all getting crushed. Jeff Kleintop put together a nice guide to which stocks would fare better depending on which candidate was elected last night:
Sure enough, "Republican-favored industries" are getting hit hard today. MORE: APPLE IS IN A BEAR MARKET >
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