Sector roundup: Homebuilders, coal companies

NEW YORK (AP)--Homebuilder stocks continued to rally Thursday, after one of the largest builders reported stronger-than-expected quarterly sales and 30-year mortgage rates dropped to their lowest level since January.

NEW YORK (AP)--Shares of coal companies fell on Thursday as steel companies, facing their own dissolving demand, pulled back orders, and analysts predicted near-future cutbacks in production and capital investment for the coal sector.