
On CNBC’s “Halftime Report Final Trades,” Jim Lebenthal of Cerity Partners named Alaska Air (NYSE:ALK) as his pick, saying that all airline companies had preannounced positively. “They are seeing tremendous demand and they’re raising prices to take care of fuel costs,” he added.
Amy Raskin of Chevy Chase Trust chose ABB Ltd (NYSE:ABB). She said that although this was “a little bit of a controversial on the European industrial play, but global capital spendings is going to pick up.”