Monsanto, Procter & Gamble, Talbots Big Movers

The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:

NYSE:

Monsanto Co., down $4.18 at $79.30

The seed maker will lay off more workers than it had originally planned, and warned profit would be at the low end of its guidance.

Procter & Gamble Co., up $2.28 at $56.04

Sales will begin rebounding this fall, the consumer goods maker said, as it cuts prices and sends new value-oriented products to stores.

USEC Inc., up 61 cents at $5.12

The enriched uranium provider signed a contract to supply nearly $1.2 billion worth of uranium to Exelon nuclear power plants.

Talbots Inc., up $1.21 at $8.16