Thursday Sector Laggards: Shipping, Aerospace & Defense Stocks

In trading on Thursday, shipping shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2.3%.

Helping drag down the group were shares of Euroseas, off about 7.7% and shares of Diana Shipping off about 6.5% on the day.

In trading on Thursday, shipping shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2.3%.

Helping drag down the group were shares of Euroseas, off about 7.7% and shares of Diana Shipping off about 6.5% on the day.

Also lagging the market Thursday are aerospace & defense shares, about flat on the day as a group, led down by Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, trading lower by about 3.4% and Embraer, trading lower by about 2.1%.