American Express Company (AXP), The Home Depot, Inc. (HD), Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) & More: Falling Jobs Growth Leads to a Plunging Dow

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One stock has managed to beat the odds today, however: Aluminum manufacturer Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) has pulled in a modest 0.2% gain to rank among the few Dow winners today. The stock will report earnings on Monday to kick off the Dow’s earnings season. While the year has been a tough one so far for Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), investors will soon get the chance to see just how well this company’s doing. The slowdown in China’s infrastructure boom and the continuing crunch in Europe have hurt Alcoa and its fellow metals producers hard; shares of Alcoa have shed more than 8.5% year to date.

The article Falling Jobs Growth Leads to a Plunging Dow originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Dan Carroll.

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