NYSE Stocks Alert (NSC, Visa, TMK)

ACE Limited (NYSE:ACE) dropped 1.32% and closed at $60.45. The company said late Wednesday that third-quarter net income came in at $675 million, or $1.97 a share, up 37% from a year earlier when the insurer made $494 million, or $1.46 a share.

The company was expected to make $1.81 a share, according to an analyst survey by FactSet Research. Ace raised its full-year 2010 operating earnings guidance to $7.20 to $7.40 a share from $6.25 to $6.75 a share.

The stock opened at $60.74 and was trading within the range of $59.88-$61.38. The stock made its fresh 52-week high of $61.38.

Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE:OI) jumped 0.54% to $28.05. The company said late Wednesday third-quarter net income rose 9% to $139 million, or 84 cents a share, from $127 million, or 74 cents a share.

The stock went down more than 15% year-to-date. The 52-week range of the stock is $24.92-$37.97.

Torchmark Corporation (NYSE:TMK) fell 0.32% and closed at $55.57. The company said late Wednesday its third-quarter profit rose to $1.41 a share from $1.22 a share in the same quarter last year.

Analysts polled by FactSet Research expected the company to earn $1.57 a share on revenue of $846.3 million.

The stock opened at $55.13 and was trading within the range of $54.62-$55.89.