Big Lots, Walter: Premarket Trading

Big Lots reduced its outlook for the fiscal year as third-quarter earnings fell 42%. The stock rose in premarket trading Friday.
By Andrea Tse ,

(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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