Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) went up 0.87%
to $33.47. Yesterday, the company said that its net income surged to $544
million, or 60 cents per share, compared to $262 million, or 29 cents per
share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenue rose to $4.67 billion from $3.59
billion.
Analysts,
on average, expected the company to report earnings of 55 cents per share on
revenue of $4.63 billion.
The
stock went up more than 11% year-to-date.
BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) added 0.37%
to $41.09. Yesterday, the company agreed to sell its upstream businesses and
associated interests in Venezuela and Vietnam to its Russian joint venture
TNK-BP for a total of $1.8 billion.
The
52-week range of the stock is $26.75-$62.38. The stock went down more than 29%
year-to-date.
Massey Energy Company (NYSE:MEE) advanced
2.20% at $38.15 on reports that the company might be looking for a possible
sale. The
stock has a 52-week range of $25.85-$54.80.
Massey
Energy Company is a coal producer in the United States. It produces processes
and sells bituminous coal of various steam and metallurgical grades, primarily
of low sulfur content, through the 23 processing and shipping centers (Resource
Groups).
Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) is one
of the most notable stock today and is up 1.12% to $83.72. Last week, the
company said that it expects third-quarter earnings will come in below its
second-quarter results. The latest results are due Oct. 29.
Analysts
currently expect third-quarter earnings of $2.30 a share, down from $2.70 a
share in the second quarter but up from $1.72 a share Chevron posted in the
third quarter of 2009.
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