Thursday, March 17, 2011

FedEx (FDX), (AKAM), (CLF), (NOV), (SLB) Lead S&P 500

FedEx (NYSE:FDX), Akamai (NASDAQ:AKAM), Cliff Natural Resources (NYSE:CLF), National Oilwell Varco (NYSE:NOV), and Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) were leading the S&P 500 up today, with FedEx helping pull the index up after a solid earnings report.

The delivery company was up over 5 percent earlier in the session but have pulled back some as the day progressed.

Natural resource and energy companies are dominating the S&P today, with others like Diamond Offshore (DO), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Deere & Co. (DE) and Noble Energy (NBL) among the top performers.

Schlumberger was trading at $86.31, gaining $3.21, or 3.86 percent, as of 2:30 PM EDT. National Oilwell Varco was at $77.54, up $3.13, or 4.21 percent. Akamai was trading at $36.68, adding $1.72, or 4.92 percent. Cliffs Natural Resources was trading at $88.30, gaining $4.57, or 5.46 percent. FedEx was at $88.36, up $3.08, or 3.61 percent.

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