TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Thursday
Stocks closed higher on Wednesday with technology stocks helping make the Nasdaq
the percentage leader on the day by a large margin.
The Dow finished up 40.30. The Nasdaq Composite closed ahead by 28.54. And the S&P 500 added 4.31.
Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Thursday.
Cisco
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PowerRating) beat earnings estimates by a penny Tuesday evening after the market closed. The stock closed up more than 6% on Wednesday.
A UBS analyst reported that Microsoft
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PowerRating) was planning a $20 billion share buyback program to help boost the company’s falling stock price.
Cardinal Health
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PowerRating) reports earnings Thursday morning before the market opens. Analysts expect EPS of $0.95.
An accounting change has helped AMBAC Inc.
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PowerRating) make its largest quarterly earnings gain since the company went public 17 years ago. The stock closed up more than 23%.
Traders made Freddie Mac
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PowerRating) one of the worst performers in the S&P 500 on Wednesday after the mortgage giant reported its fourth straight quarterly loss and would be cutting its dividend from a quarter to a nickel.
Whole Foods Inc.
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PowerRating) fell by more than 13% on Wednesday after missing analyst estimates by seven cents in its earnings announcement after the bell on Tuesday.
Reporting earnings Thursday morning before the bell, DirecTV
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PowerRating) is expected to announce earnings per share of $0.40.
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