Company/EPS Estimate
- (KO)/.63
- (ABT)/.62
- (PJC)/.16
- (BLK)/2.00
- (JPM)/.68
- (ITW)/.76
- (STJ)/.51
- (WFC)/.57
- (IBM)/1.45
- (SLM)/.40
- (LEG)/.24
- (AMR)/-1.27
- (TMK)/1.43
- (KMP)/.52
- (JCI)/.47
- (VMI)/1.00
Coca-Cola Co. (KO) climbed 2.5 percent to $62.48. The world's largest soft-drink maker said first-quarter profit rose 19 percent, beating analysts' estimates, after sales in Latin America and Russia increased.
CSX Corp. (CSX) rose 73 cents, or 1.3 percent, to $55.50 after the official close of U.S. exchanges yesterday. The third- largest U.S. railroad said first-quarter profit increased to 85 cents a share because of higher shipping revenue. The result beat the 74-cent average estimate of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
American depositary receipts for Infineon Technologies AG (IFX), a German computer-chip maker, gained 5.8 percent to $7.68.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) gained 1.9 percent to $42.90. The third-biggest U.S. bank reported first-quarter profit of 68 cents a share, matching the average estimate of analysts in a Bloomberg survey. Net income fell 50 percent after $5.1 billion of writedowns and provisions linked to the collapse of the subprime mortgage market and bad home-equity loans.
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