Industrial Goods Active Stocks: The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA), D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI), PulteGroup (NYSE:PHM), Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN)

The search area for The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) 777-200ER, which went missing on March 8 with 239 people on board, narrowed in the southern Indian Ocean after an analysis of the plane’s probable fuel reserves. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation joined Malaysia’s inquiry into the missing jet as authorities sought to retrieve deleted data on a computer flight simulator belonging to the plane’s pilot. The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) stock performance was -1.45% in last session and finished the day at $122.24. Traded volume was 6.67million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 5.24million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.14. The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) insider ownership is 0.20%.

D.R. Horton Inc (NYSE:DHI), the No. 1 U.S. homebuilder, in January had forecast a “very strong” spring selling season, but most analysts have been a bit wary of expectations. D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI) rose 0.18 percent to $22.49 Wednesday on volume of 7.57million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $22.30 to $23.69. D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI) has a market capitalization of $7.28million.

The increase in residential fixed investment has been spurred by the low interest rate environment brought on by the accommodative monetary policy that has influenced home purchases and eligible buyers’ mortgage refinancing. This has benefited homebuilders like PulteGroup Inc. (NYSE:PHM) and Toll Brothers (TOL). PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE:PHM)’s stock on Mar 19, 2014 reported a increase of 0.67% to the closing price of $19.61. Its fifty two weeks range is $14.23 -$24.47. The total market capitalization recorded $7.48billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 8.57million shares. In its share capital, PHM has 383.66million outstanding shares.

Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN), the largest U.S. homebuilder by market value, advanced 1.8 percent to $41.34. The Miami-based company is scheduled to report earnings (LEN:US) tomorrow. On Wednesday, shares of Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN) advanced 1.82% to close the day at $41.34. Company return on investment (ROI) is 5.50% and its monthly performance is recorded as 0.49%. Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN) quarterly revenue growth is 18.25%.