Sentence examples for decliners from inspiring English sources

Kohl's reported a decline in sales and fell 12 percent to lead decliners in the S.& P. 500.

Advancing issues on the New York Stock Exchange outnumbered those declining, 1,747 to 1,501, but on the technology-heavy Nasdaq, the decliners predominated by a margin of about 6 to 5. Big Board volume rose to 1.53 billion shares from 1.43 billion on Wednesday.

Advancing issues on the New York Stock Exchange exceeded those declining by more than 3 to 2. Nasdaq stocks rising slightly outnumbered the decliners.

Baking and basic resources stocks led the decliners.

Among the day's biggest decliners was Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry smartphone.

Banking shares were among the day's top decliners.

In the United States, financial and energy stocks were among the primary decliners.

Abercrombie & Fitch, the retailer, was down more than 8 percent and led the list of leading decliners among the 10 most actively traded shares during most of the session.

Phone company stocks were the biggest decliners among the 10 industry groups that form the S.& P. 500.

Banks were among the larger decliners after Standard & Poor's cut the credit ratings of 11 Spanish banks on Monday.

Among the decliners were some of the 14 mortgage servicers that had signed consent agreements promising to overhaul their foreclosure practices.