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Services Sector New Highs: Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC), Century Casinos (NASDAQ:CNTY), United Rentals (NYSE:URI), Alliance Data Systems (NYSE:ADS)

Equities research analysts at BMO Capital Markets boosted their price target on shares of Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE:NSC) from $103.00 to $105.00 in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, AnalystRatings.NET reports. Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE:NSC) stock performance was 0.66% in last session and finished the day at $97.30. Traded volume was 2,948,211 million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 2.22 million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.10. Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE:NSC) insider ownership is 0.30%.

Century Casinos Inc. (NASDAQ:CNTY), based in Colorado Springs, Colo., announced that it has a casino concession agreement with Nova Star Cruises Ltd. The agreement expires in 2020. Century Casinos, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNTY) rose 6.98 percent to $7.82 yesterday on volume of 1.34 million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $7.22 to $7.86. Century Casinos, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNTY) has a market capitalization of $190.63 million.

United Rentals (NYSE:URI) Director Singleton B. Mcallister sold 3,000 shares of the stock on the open market in a transaction dated Monday, March 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $91.79, for a total transaction of $275,370.00. United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE:URI)’s stock on Mar19, 2014 reported an increase of 0.85% to the closing price of $92.66. Its fifty two weeks range is $44.85 -$93.32. The total market capitalization recorded $8.64 billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 1,044,102 million shares. In its share capital, United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE:URI) has 93.30 million outstanding shares.

Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE:ADS) a leading provider of loyalty and marketing solutions derived from transaction-rich data, today announced that Ed Heffernan, president and chief executive officer, and Charles Horn, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will present conferences. On Wednesday, shares of Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE:ADS) dropped -1.26% to close the day at $284.41. Company return on investment (ROI) is 9.70% and its monthly performance is recorded as 0.17%. Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE:ADS) quarterly revenue growth is 14.39%.