Wall St. Watchdog reveals information about today’s action in the Transportation (NYSE:IYT) sector:

Gainers (% price change)

Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE:TNP): The shares closed at $5.16, up $0.38, or 7.95%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $237.78 million.

DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ:DRYS): The shares closed at $2.15, up $0.15, or 7.5%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $878.05 million.

Ship Finance Intl. Ltd. (NYSE:SFL): The shares closed at $9.99, up $0.65, or 6.96%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $790.46 million.

Gol Linhas Aereas (NYSE:GOL): The shares closed at $7.01, up $0.38, or 5.73%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $1.88 billion.

China Southern Airlines (NYSE:ZNH): The shares closed at $26.90, up $1.45, or 5.7%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $6.09 billion.

Losers (% price change)

The Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX): The shares closed at $23.79, down $0.49, or 2.02%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $599.18 million.

Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV): The shares closed at $8.41, down $0.15, or 1.75%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $6.55 billion.

Universal Truckload (NASDAQ:UACL): The shares closed at $17.85, down $0.3, or 1.65%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $277.66 million.

JetBlue Airways Corp. (NASDAQ:JBLU): The shares closed at $5.12, down $0.08, or 1.54%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $1.52 billion.

Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK): The shares closed at $73.95, down $1.14, or 1.52%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $2.63 billion.

(Note: Selected financial data are sourced from Google Finance. All data are assumed to be accurate.)

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