TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Tuesday

Stocks lacked direction on Monday, ahead of tomorrow’s FOMC meeting.

The Dow fell -20.11, the Nasdaq Composite rose +1.47 , and the S&P 500 slipped -1.47.

Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Tuesday:

Shares of WM. Wrigley Jr.
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surged more than 23% after the company reported earnings that beat estimates and agreed to a $23 billion merger with privately held Mars.

Ford
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shares jumped nearly 10% after Kirk Kerkorian’s Tracinda announced it owns 4.7% of the company and plans to increase its holding.

After the close, Hartford Financial
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beat estimates by $0.05.

Visa
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reported Q2 earnings of $0.52 after the close, beating the consensus estimate by $0.07.

Before the market open and hot on the heels of Visa’s numbers, MasterCard
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is scheduled to report earnings of $1.99 per share.

Valero Energy
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is also due to report, with analysts looking for $0.29.

And finally, Archer Daniels Midland
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is expected to report earnings of $0.70.

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