All three major indices are trading up today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading up 86 points (0.5%) at 17,915 as of Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,603 issues advancing vs. 1,362 declining with 155 unchanged.

The Industrial Goods sector currently sits up 0.6% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.2%. A company within the sector that fell today was

Roper Technologies

(

ROP

), up 1.1%. Top gainers within the sector include

Emerson Electric

(

EMR

), up 1.5%,

General Electric

(

GE

), up 1.0%,

Caterpillar

(

CAT

), up 0.8% and

Eaton

(

ETN

), up 0.7%.

TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the sector lower today:

3.

General Dynamics

(

GD

) is one of the companies pushing the Industrial Goods sector lower today. As of noon trading, General Dynamics is down $2.28 (-1.5%) to $146.44 on average volume. Thus far, 609,311 shares of General Dynamics exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.4 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $146.17-$148.10 after having opened the day at $147.52 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $148.72.

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General Dynamics Corporation operates as aerospace and defense company worldwide. It operates through four business groups: Aerospace; Combat Systems; Information Systems and Technology; and Marine Systems. General Dynamics has a market cap of $47.0 billion and is part of the aerospace/defense industry. Shares are up 8.1% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 9 analysts that rate General Dynamics a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

General Dynamics

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income and reasonable valuation levels. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. Get the full

General Dynamics Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Northrop Grumman

(

NOC

) is down $1.78 (-0.9%) to $187.76 on light volume. Thus far, 205,827 shares of Northrop Grumman exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.2 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $187.02-$189.32 after having opened the day at $189.11 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $189.54.

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Northrop Grumman Corporation, a security company, provides systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, and technical service areas to government and commercial customers worldwide. Northrop Grumman has a market cap of $34.2 billion and is part of the aerospace/defense industry. Shares are up 28.6% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 6 analysts that rate Northrop Grumman a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Northrop Grumman

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income, reasonable valuation levels and notable return on equity. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated. Get the full

Northrop Grumman Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

Boeing

(

BA

) is down $0.97 (-0.7%) to $147.43 on light volume. Thus far, 929,071 shares of Boeing exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.2 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $147.14-$148.46 after having opened the day at $148.00 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $148.40.

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The Boeing Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, sells, services, and supports commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human space flight, and launch systems and services worldwide. Boeing has a market cap of $99.2 billion and is part of the aerospace/defense industry. Shares are up 14.2% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 11 analysts that rate Boeing a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Boeing

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, good cash flow from operations, solid stock price performance and growth in earnings per share. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated. Get the full

Boeing Ratings Report

now.

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If you are interested in one of these 3 stocks, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the industrial goods sector could consider

Industrial Select Sector SPDR

(

XLI

) while those bearish on the industrial goods sector could consider

ProShares Short Dow 30

(

DOG

).