Kroger rose$. 04 or. 1 percent, to $34.23. Safeway fell$. 21 or. 9 percent, to $23.18. Supervalu fell$. 03 or. 5 percent, to $6.45.
Kohl's Corp. fell$. 23 or. 4 percent, to $51.91. Macy's Inc. rose$. 23 or. 5 percent, to $49.21. Nordstrom fell$. 29 or. 5 percent, to $59.87.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. fell$. 25 or. 4 percent, to $57.55. Marriott International Inc. rose$. 19 or. 4 percent, to $42.77. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. rose$. 09 or. 2 percent, to $36.13.
Delta Air rose$. 44 or 2.4 percent, to $18.93. JetBlue Airways Corp. rose$. 01 or. 2 percent, to $6.38. United Continental Holdings Inc. rose$. 01 or percent, to $34.37.
AT&T Inc. rose$. 01 or percent, to $36.75. Sprint Nextel rose$. 02 or. 3 percent, to $7.33. Verizon Communications Inc. fell$. 50 or 1.0 percent, to $51.39.
CVSCaremark rose$. 87 or 1.5 percent, to $59.20. Rite Aid fell$. 01 or. 3 percent, to $2.91. Walgreen rose$. 37 or. 7 percent, to $50.77.
Caterpillar fell$. 74 or. 9 percent, to $86.21. Deere& Co. fell$. 89 or 1.0 percent, to $86.29. Terex fell$. 60 or 1.8 percent, to $33.41.
Amgen Inc. rose$. 29 or. 3 percent, to $105.91. Biogen Idec rose $2.62 or 1.1 percent, to $235.24. Celgene Corp. fell $1.06 or. 9 percent, to $122.58.
American Electric Power Co. fell$. 57 or 1.2 percent, to $47.71. Consolidated Edison Inc. Holding Co. fell$. 35 or. 6 percent, to $58.66. PG&E fell$. 35 or. 8 percent, to $46.14.
General Electric Co. fell$. 13 or. 5 percent, to $23.53. Snap-On fell$. 12 or. 1 percent, to $90.23. Whirlpool Corp. fell $1.39 or 1.1 percent, to $129.19.
Allergan rose$. 06 or. 1 percent, to $98.02. Baxter International Inc. fell$. 64 or. 9 percent, to $71.51. Boston Scientific Corp. fell$. 08 or. 9 percent, to $9.08.
Arch Coal fell$. 12 or 2.2 percent, to $5.31. Consol Energy Inc. fell$. 22 or. 6 percent, to $35.46. Peabody Energy fell$. 19 or. 9 percent, to $20.44.
Kelly Services Inc. class A rose$. 05 or. 3 percent, to $17.51. ManpowerGroup fell$. 75 or 1.3 percent, to $56.45. Robert Half International Inc. fell$. 19 or. 5 percent, to $34.82.
Becton, Dickinson& Co. rose$. 66 or. 7 percent, to $100.83. Covidien fell$. 04 or. 1 percent, to $65.17. PerkinElmer fell$. 03 or. 1 percent, to $31.73.
Comcast Corp. rose$. 13 or. 3 percent, to $41.95. Walt Disney Co. rose$. 26 or. 4 percent, to $65.49. Gannett rose$. 02 or. 1 percent, to $21.16.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top chemicals companies were down at the close of trading:. Dow Chemical Co. fell$. 02 or. 1 percent, to $35.08. DuPont Co. unchanged at $55.35.
Aquasition Corp.: Approximately 2,600 shares changed hands, a 1,838.4 percent increase over its 65- day average volume. The shares rose$. 09 or. 9 percent to $9.87. Escalon Medical Corp.: Approximately 109,900 shares changed hands, a 3,473.0 percent increase over its 65- day average volume.
Apollo Group rose$. 14 or. 7 percent, to $20.99. Career Education Corp. rose$. 04 or 1.3 percent, to $3.08. DeVry rose$. 41 or 1.3 percent, to $31.27.
BP PLC fell$. 21 or. 5 percent, to $43.52. ConocoPhillips fell$. 26 or. 4 percent, to $62.53. Exxon Mobil Corp. fell$. 26 or. 3 percent, to $91.53.
Apple Inc. rose $3.01 or. 7 percent, to $445.15. Dell Inc. fell$. 01 or. 1 percent, to $13.34. Hewlett Packard Co. fell$. 65 or 2.6 percent, to $24.21.