Big Lots, Walter: Premarket Trading
(Premarket roundup updated to reflect share price changes)
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Big Lots (BIG) - Get Report reduced its outlook for the fiscal year as third-quarter earnings fell 42%.
Shares of Big Lots fell 58 cents, or 1.9%, to $30.51 in premarket trading Friday.
>> Big Lots Cuts Forecast as Net Slides
Walter Energy
(WLT)
says it will buy Canada's
Western Coal
for 3.3 billion Canadian dollars ($3.29 billion).
Shares of Walter Energy fell $2.60, or 2.5%, to $103 in premarket trading.
>>Walter Energy Locks Up Western Coal
Goldman Sachs
(GS) - Get Report
is considering a sale of its Litton Loan mortgage-servicing division, the
Financial Times
reports. Litton is one of the many mortgage servicers to be caught up in federal investigations into foreclosure practices that used robo-signers, the
Financial Times
notes.
Goldman Sachs rose 50 cents, or 0.3%, to $163 at the close of Thursday's trading session. There were no premarket trades Friday on the stock.
>> Goldman Mulls Sale of Litton Unit: Report
Oil giant
Chevron
(CVX) - Get Report
plans to sell an 18% stake in its Indonesian deepwater gas fields to
Sinopec
(SNP) - Get Report
for $680 million.
Chevron shares were unchanged in preamarket trading Friday. Sinopec shares Sinopec ended up 1.6% to $96 on Thursday; there were no premarket trades in the stock Friday.
VeriFone Systems
(PAY)
reported a swing to fourth-quarter profit after Thursday's closing bell.
The news sent the stock up $1.98, or 5.4%, to $38.74 in after-hours trading Thursday.
>> Verifone Systems: After-Hours Trading
Hewlett-Packard
(HPQ) - Get Report
announced late Thursday that it sold another $2 billion worth of debt. The stock was flat at $43.11 in premarket trading.
>> HP Sells Additional $2B in Debt
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