TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Thursday
Stocks rattled into the close on a day of particularly volatile trading in the final half hour.
The Dow closed lower by 74.16. The Nasdaq Composite gained 7.74. And the S&P 500 lost 10.42.
Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Thursday.
Reporting earnings before the market opens on Thursday, Barrick Gold
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PowerRating) is expected to announce EPS of 0.46.
Casino stocks were among the more outstanding performers on Wednesday, with both Las Vegas Sands
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PowerRating) spiking by more than 77% and 36%, respectively. Against this backdrop, Wynn Resorts
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PowerRating) reports quarterly earnings Thursday after the market closes. Analysts are expecting EPS of 0.59.
Colgate-Palmolive
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PowerRating) is expected to report EPS of 0.98 when it announces quarterly earnings Thursday morning before the bell.
A Sanford C. Bernstein & Company analyst report that suggested Apple
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PowerRating) may increase 2009 earnings with a sizable share buyback program helped boost the stock by more than 4% on Wednesday.
Exxon Mobil
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PowerRating) reports earnings Thursday morning. Analysts are expecting the oil giant to report earnings per share of 2.39.
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