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 Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings AAWW Arkansas Best Corporation ABFS Air T, Inc. AIRT Allegiant Travel Company ALGT Air Transport Services Group, Inc. ATSG C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. CHRW Capital Product Partners L.P. CPLP Covenant Transport CVTI Diana Containerships Inc. DCIX DryShips Inc. DRYS Echo Global Logistics, Inc. ECHO Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. EGLE Euroseas Ltd. ESEA Expeditors International of Washington EXPD Frozen Food Express FFEX FreeSeas Inc. FREE SMF Energy Corporation FUEL Forward Air Corporation FWRD StealthGas, Inc. GASS Globus Maritime Limited GLBS Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. HA Heartland Express, Inc. HTLD Hub Group, Inc. HUBG J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. JBHT JetBlue Airways Corporation JBLU Landstar System, Inc. LSTR Marten Transport, Ltd. MRTN NewLead Holdings Ltd. NEWL Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ODFL Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro OMAB Pacer International, Inc. PACR Patriot Transportation Holding PATR Pinnacle Airlines Corp. PNCL P.A.M. Transportation Services PTSI Providence and Worcester Railroad PWX Quality Distribution, Inc. QLTY Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. RJET Rand Logistics, Inc. RLOG Ryanair Holdings plc RYAAY Saia, Inc. SAIA Spirit Airlines, Inc. SAVE Star Bulk Carriers Corp. SBLK Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp SHIP Sino-Global Shipping America, L SINO SkyWest, Inc. SKYW TBS International plc TBSI TOP Ships Inc. TOPS TORM A/S TRMD Universal Truckload Services, Inc. UACL Ultrapetrol (Bahamas) Limited ULTR
See also Dow Jones Transportation Average
References
External links Yahoo! Finance page for ^TRAN