Coal Stocks Slammed Amid Patriot Coal (PCX) Bankruptcy Speculation (ACI) (JRCC) (ANR) (BTU)

Following a DebtWire.com report suggesting Patriot Coal (NYSE: PCX) has considered formal inquiries from restructuring advisers, numerous stocks in the Coal sector are now getting hit hard. Shares of Patriot Coal are now down more than 28 percent.

• Arch Coal (NYSE: ACI) down 7.8 percent
  
• James River Coal (Nasdaq: JRCC) down 8.4 percent
  
• Alpha Natural (NYSE: ANR) down 6.3 percent
  
• Peabody (NYSE: BTU) down 4.5 percent
  
• Cloud Peak (NYSE: CLD) down 3.8 percent
  
• CONSOL (NYSE: CNX) down 2.7 percent

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