This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of losses.

CATERPILLAR INC (CAT) is a large-cap growth stock in the Constr. & Agric. Machinery industry. The rating using this strategy is 93% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s ...

During this period, the Zacks Manufacturing - Construction and Mining industry, which Caterpillar falls in, has lost 14.1%. The key question now is: What could be the stock's future direction?

The stock's fall snapped a three-day winning streak.

An exchange-traded fund based on a portfolio of as many as 75 of the 250 so-called cat bonds outstanding is due to start trading on the New York Stock Exchange next month, marking a world first.