Several Birmingham-area stocks have impressive showings
It was another day of seeing red on the stock market Monday, but most of the companies in our Birmingham and Alabama Stock Report fared pretty well...
It was another day of seeing red on the stock market Monday, but most of the companies in our Birmingham and Alabama Stock Report fared pretty well. Stocks of particular Birmingham interest peppered the top of the heap. Community Health Systems led the gainers with an impressive 5.8% bump. The Franklin, Tennessee-based company has six locations in Alabama: Birmingham, Dothan, Enterprise, Foley, Gadsden and Huntsville. WestRock, a corrugated packaging company based in Atlanta, jumped 4.3%. The second largest American packaging company has sites in eight cities across the state, including Huntsville, Athens, Stevenson and Cullman in north Alabama to Eutaw, Lanett, Demopolis and Montgomery in central Alabama.