Third-party logistics company and freight broker Hub Group’s first-quarter profit rose to $13.1 million, or 35 cents per share, from $11.5 million, or 29 cents, a year earlier.

Eastern freight railroad Norfolk Southern Corp. said its first-quarter profit rose 2%, as higher revenue per shipment offset an overall drop in traffic and record fuel prices.

Transportation and logistics firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide’s first-quarter profit rose to $86.3 million, or 50 cents a share, from $73 million, or 42 cents, a year ago.

Canadian Pacific Railway’s first-quarter net income fell 29% from a year ago to C$91 million, or 59 cents a share, from C$129 million, or 82 cents, a year ago.

Existing homes sales fell 2% in March, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday.

Retail diesel surged 10.4 cents to $4.059 a gallon, the first time the national average price has crossed above $4, the Department of Energy reported. Also last week, both the U.S. gasoline average and crude oil prices set new records.

Canadian factory shipments rose twice as quickly as anticipated in February on a jump in automobile production after shutdowns late last year, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.