UAL Corporation (UAUA) $13.81 +8.90%
UAL Corp. (UAUA, news, chart) is seeing bullish trading, as the airline sector continues to ride high with help from falling crude oil prices. UAUA is up $1.34 to $14.02 and is the second best percentage gainer in the NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX). (Autodesk (ADSK), which reported earnings yesterday, is leading the NDX with a 12 percent gain.) The AMEX Airline Index (.XAL) is up 1.29 to 26.91 and not far from Tuesday’s four month closing high of 26.79 after crude oil fell $3.26 to $111.75 a barrel. UAUA is among the best gainers in the sector. The company said today that CFO Jake Barce is stepping down on November 1 and will be replaced by investor relations VP Kathryn Mikells. In the options market, sentiment is bullish. 10,000 UAUA calls have already traded today, compared to less than 3000 puts.
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