Wall Street: Struggling Dow Transport Stocks Could be Economic Warning Signal

WALL STREET - NEW YORK, May 31 (Reuters) - It's been a banner year for the major U.S. stock indexes, but one economically sensitive corner of the market sticks out as a sore spot.

The Dow Jones Transportation Average .DJT has fallen about 5% so far this year, a significant contrast with the 9% year-to-date rise for the benchmark S&P 500 .SPX and the 1% rise in the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI, which topped 40,000 points for the first time this month.