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Louisiana-Pacific Corp. leads the ranking with an increase of 20%.

On a day of modest gains and modest losses, one stock outperformed all others on our chart.

Shares of Louisiana-Pacific Corp. beat first-quarter earnings and saw its stock jump 20.8 percent to set a new 52-week high, surpassing the old high by nearly $4. according to MarketWatch.com, these gains were largely due to sales of engineered wood siding. LPX reported net sales growth of 24% year over year.

Louisiana-Pacific Corp. has two manufacturing facilities in Alabama – one in Hanceville and one in Thomasville.

Stocks were broadly headed for a mixed close as Wall Street remains on pause. The S&P 500 ended little changed on Wednesday after a big three-day winning streak gave way to a slight gain the previous day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.4 percent and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.2 percent.

Uber Technologies fell after reporting weaker-than-expected quarterly results. Shopify fell after giving a forecast for slowing revenue growth. Lyft and Arista Networks accelerated after beating expectations for profit and revenue. Treasury yields rose in the bond market.

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