In trading on Thursday, airlines shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 1.8%.

Helping drag down the group were shares of American Airlines Group, off about 5.4% and shares of Hawaiian Holdings down about 4.9% on the day.

Also lagging the market Thursday are shipping shares, down on the day by about 1.6% as a group, led down by Dorian LPG, trading lower by about 8.7% and Golar LNG Partners, trading lower by about 6.5%.