Amid Tuesday’s market turbulence, the result of dire consumer confidence reports for February, several stocks presented themselves as obvious winners for the day. Among them, 3 Willis Group, which continued its ascent today, up 1.4 percent with a Tuesday high of $29.90. Currently trading at $29.26, 3Willis has advanced remarkably well for the month gaining 8 percent although it is though to be overprices. Profit for the quarter was reported at $79 million. The company holds $1.9 in shares and an excess of $2 billion in debt.
Organic grocery outfit Whole Foods has also done remarkably well in 2010 continuing the trend today with shares reaching highs of $35.15. For the first fiscal quarter, profit surged 71 percent to $55 million or 32 cents a share with revenue growth of 7 percent to 2.6 billion. Over the last year share prices have tripled for the company, far exceeding the U.S. market recovery on the whole.
Home improvement hub, hope depot has also been on the up and up Tuesday, gaining 1.4 percent to $30.75 with highs of $31.03 around midday. Shares of the company have improved by 11 percent for February alone.
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