Ryland Group, Lennar Bolster Building Sector Strength
Posted on November 13, 2012 at 17:05 PM EST
At the beginning of September, only two building groups -- not counting the mortgage services group -- ranked in the top 20 industries. Those were residential and commercial builders, and building products retailers. On Tuesday, that number had grown to five, not counting mortgage services, which kept its No. 1 rank. Those included cement producers, miscellaneous construction products and heavy construction firms, as well as homebuilders. Related