TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Thursday
After bounding higher early in the trading session, stocks rolled over toward midday to finish lower on Wednesday. Cisco Systems beat analyst earnings estimates in its after-the-bell announcement.
The Dow fell 121.70. The Nasdaq Composite edged lower by 1.25. And the S&P 500 closed down 6.28.
Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Thursday.
Cisco Systems
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PowerRating) beat analyst expectations by two cents in its second quarter earnings report announced Wednesday after the market closed.
Also beating analyst expectations after the bell on Wednesday was Visa
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PowerRating), which beat estimates by 12 cents. The stock was up more than 4% immediately after the positive earnings news.
Announcing quarterly earnings Thursday before the market opens, Kellogg
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PowerRating) is expected to report 0.50 per share.
Analysts are expecting earnings per share of 1.62 when Mastercard
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PowerRating) announces its quarterly earnings Thursday morning.
26 cents is what analysts are looking to hear from Duke Energy
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PowerRating) when it reports quarterly earnings Thursday before the bell.
JDS Uniphase
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PowerRating) also reports quarterly earnings after the bell on Thursday. Analysts are expecting EPS of 10 cents.
CIGNA
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PowerRating) is expected to report quarterly earnings of 41 cents when it announces on Thursday before the market opens.
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