These stocks are up on above-average volume today: Cummins (CMI) saw its price climb on above-normal volume, as five million shares, which is 1.9 times the stock's average daily volume, changed hands.
Tyco International Ltd. ( TYC ) reported strong results for the third quarter of 2012. Earnings for the quarter (excluding one-time items) grew 19% year over year to $1.01 a share.
Toronto's main market was in the red Tuesday afternoon, with commodity prices switching between gains and losses, and amid trepidation over the two-day U.S.
10:30 AM New York - Arrow Electronics second quarter net plunged 26.7% and Fiserv fourth quarter net surged 118% to $161 million. NiSource second quarter net surged 73% and Tyco International third quarter net declined 33% to $242 million.
The table below ranks indicated dividend yields of companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index by industry as of today. The yield is calculated by taking the latest declared dividend, annualized and divided by the stock price.
Earnings announcements for Tuesday, July 31st: Arkansas Best Corp (NASDAQ: ABFS) announced its earnings results on Tuesday. The company reported $0.44 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the analysts' consensus estimate of $0.16 by $0.28.
(Reuters) - Tyco International Ltd (TYC.N), which is in the process of splitting into three companies, reported a forecast-beating quarterly profit on Tuesday and said it is on track to complete its breakup in September.
Tyco International Ltd.'s (TYC) fiscal third-quarter earnings fell 33%, as costs for breaking up the company next month and other special items weighed on solid sales and profit growth from the conglomerate's business units.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all finished lower on the day. The Dow lost 64.33 points, or 0.49 percent, to close at 13008.68, while the S&P 500 lost 5.98 points, or 0.43 percent, to close at 1379.33.
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