Top Stocks Week 38, 2014: Building Materials & Drugs

Find top industry stocks of week 38 of 2014. Top stock industries are building materials wholesale, publishing books, drug related products, generic drugs etc

Best Stocks

This post will look into the top performing stocks, industry, and sector. The S&P 500 index has a weekly return of 1.27%. NASDAQ Composite has a weekly return of 0.27%. Dow Jones Industrials Average has a weekly return of 1.73%. The small cap (Russell 2000) has a return of -1.16%.

Best weekly performance of industry stocks of week 38, 2014 (September 15, 2014 – September 21, 2014) are:

1. Building Materials Wholesale 5.25%
2. Publishing - Books 3.85%
3. Drug Related Products 3.80%
4. Drugs - Generic 3.50%
5. Home Improvement Stores 3.31%
6. Beverages - Brewers 3.20%
7. Agricultural Chemicals 3.18%
8. Toy & Hobby Stores 3.15%
9. Telecom Services - Domestic 2.86%
10. Basic Materials Wholesale 2.85%
11. Railroads 2.81%
12. Surety & Title Insurance 2.57%
13. General Entertainment 2.34%
14. Appliance 2.33%
15. Diversified Utilities 2.16%
16. Aerospace/Defense - Major Diversified 2.13%
17. Health Care Plans 2.11%
18. Beverages - Soft Drinks 2.01%
19. Property & Casualty Insurance 1.91%
20. Cigarettes 1.82%
21. Cleaning Products 1.82%
22. Hospitals 1.79%
23. Chemicals - Major Diversified 1.78%
24. Oil & Gas Pipelines 1.76%
25. Credit Services 1.75%

Top Weekly Sector Stocks

Looking into best weekly stocks can provide an insight what stock market will bring for the next session. Retail or institutional investors may want to rotate to this sector to avoid bad returns. Can growth stocks finally make the comeback? Will value stocks continue to be the winner? Some great sectors in 2014 are major airlines, real estate (REIT), semiconductors, drug manufacturers, aluminum, etc.

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Best building materials wholesale stocks of week 38, 2014 are:

1. Louisiana-Pacific Corp. (LPX) 5.78%
2. Huttig Building Products Inc. (HBP) 1.02%
3. Bluelinx Holdings Inc. (BXC) 0.00%

Top books publishing stocks of week 38, 2014:

1. Pearson plc (PSO) 5.17%
2. Courier Corporation (CRRC) 1.23%
3. John Wiley & Sons Inc. (JW-A) -0.42%
4. Educational Development Corporation (EDUC) -1.02%
5. Scholastic Corporation (SCHL) -1.30%

Top drug related products stocks of week 38, 2014 are:

1. Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Inc. (AUXL) 38.52%
2. Perrigo Company Public Limited Company (PRGO) 1.92%
3. USANA Health Sciences Inc. (USNA) 1.21%
4. Natural Alternatives International Inc. (NAII) -0.54%

Best generic drugs stocks of week 38, 2014 are:

1. Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AVNR) 63.80%
2. Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (SLXP) 14.50%
3. SCYNEXIS, Inc. (SCYX) 10.80%
4. Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (SGNT) 9.07%
5. Fibrocell Science, Inc. (FCSC) 7.97%
6. Horizon Pharma, Inc. (HZNP) 7.54%
7. Nature's Sunshine Products Inc. (NATR) 4.68%
8. Versartis, Inc. (VSAR) 4.27%
9. Actavis plc (ACT) 3.17%
10. Mallinckrodt public limited company (MNK) 2.98%
11. Zoetis Inc. (ZTS) 2.82%
12. Hospira Inc. (HSP) 2.32%
13. Parnell Pharmaceuticals Holdings Ltd. (PARN) 2.13%
14. MYOS Corporation (MYOS) 2.07%