Sector movers: Transportation stocks buoyant

15th Dec 2009 11:57

One of the most buoyant sectors today is industrial transportation, in spite of a sharp fall in the share price of Interbulk. The container operator saw pre-tax profits in the year to 30 September fall to £3m from £4.6m over the same period the previous year on revenues that slipped to £232.5m from £252.2m, as customers in the chemical, polymer, food and mineral industries were hit hard by the economic downturn.Shipping services group Clarkson and port operator Forth Ports are among the risers in the sector.Banks are lower as the distance between the government and the industry over bonuses seems to get no nearer. Barclays and HSBC are the worst performers today.But RBS, whose chairman today insisted it needed to pay 'commercial' bonuses to reward staff, posts slight gains.Top performing sectors so far todayIndustrial Transportation 1,918.70 +1.09%Automobiles & Parts 2,684.10 +0.79%Gas, Water & Multiutilities 4,020.65 +0.54%Industrial Engineering 3,730.33 +0.42%Beverages 8,076.15 +0.28%Bottom performing sectors so far todayBanks 4,773.68 -1.99%Mobile Telecommunications 3,234.76 -1.47%Fixed Line Telecommunications 1,985.36 -1.13%Industrial Metals 4,622.92 -1.11%Oil Equipment Services & Distribution 14,769.38 -1.11%