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

Shares of Caterpillar Inc. CAT rose 1.16% to $343.95 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 1.59% to 5,954.50 ...

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 exchange-traded fund has gained about 17.6% over the past year. Moreover, the ETF’s 3.9% gains on a YTD basis outshine the stock’s losses over the same time frame. CAT's shares declined ...

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.