NASDAQ Transportation Index explained

The NASDAQ Transportation Index (Symbol: TRAN) is a capitalization-weighted stock market index designed to measure the performance of all NASDAQ stocks in the transportation sector. The index was developed with a base value of 100 as of February 5, 1971. The parent index is NASDAQ Composite Index.

History

The index closed the year 1990 at 417.07. The index closed the year 1999 at 999.11. In October 2007, it hit an all-time closing high of 3,107.87. Then in March 2009, it hit a six-year closing low of 1,242.50. In March 2014 it broke the high from 2007.

Components

This list is current as of February 18, 2011. An up-to-date list is available in the External Links section. This is an alphabetical list, and not a ranked list.

Name Symbol

  1. Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings AAWW
  2. Arkansas Best Corporation ABFS
  3. Air T, Inc. AIRT
  4. Allegiant Travel Company ALGT
  5. Air Transport Services Group, Inc. ATSG
  6. C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. CHRW
  7. Capital Product Partners L.P. CPLP
  8. Covenant Transport CVTI
  9. Diana Containerships Inc. DCIX
  10. DryShips Inc. DRYS
  11. Echo Global Logistics, Inc. ECHO
  12. Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. EGLE
  13. Euroseas Ltd. ESEA
  14. Expeditors International of Washington EXPD
  15. Frozen Food Express FFEX
  16. FreeSeas Inc. FREE
  17. SMF Energy Corporation FUEL
  18. Forward Air Corporation FWRD
  19. StealthGas, Inc. GASS
  20. Globus Maritime Limited GLBS
  21. Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. HA
  22. Heartland Express, Inc. HTLD
  23. Hub Group, Inc. HUBG
  24. J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. JBHT
  25. JetBlue Airways Corporation JBLU
  26. Landstar System, Inc. LSTR
  27. Marten Transport, Ltd. MRTN
  28. NewLead Holdings Ltd. NEWL
  29. Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ODFL
  30. Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro OMAB
  31. Pacer International, Inc. PACR
  32. Patriot Transportation Holding PATR
  33. Pinnacle Airlines Corp. PNCL
  34. P.A.M. Transportation Services PTSI
  35. Providence and Worcester Railroad PWX
  36. Quality Distribution, Inc. QLTY
  37. Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. RJET
  38. Rand Logistics, Inc. RLOG
  39. Ryanair Holdings plc RYAAY
  40. Saia, Inc. SAIA
  41. Spirit Airlines, Inc. SAVE
  42. Star Bulk Carriers Corp. SBLK
  43. Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp SHIP
  44. Sino-Global Shipping America, L SINO
  45. SkyWest, Inc. SKYW
  46. TBS International plc TBSI
  47. TOP Ships Inc. TOPS
  48. TORM A/S TRMD
  49. Universal Truckload Services, Inc. UACL
  50. Ultrapetrol (Bahamas) Limited ULTR

See also

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