Industrials

The company says that current market conditions - trade and industrial production headwinds - are forcing its hand.

Industrial equipment maker Hillenbrand is buying plastics-processing equipment maker Milacron Holdings in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $2 billion including debt.

Circor shares were lower after its board rejected Crane's sweetened $955 million hostile offer.

Higher tariffs on goods produced in China and then imported to the U.S. were a key factor in Fastenal's lower-than-expected earnings.

Here are three factors making Caterpillar a potential buy.

E-commerce and long-term global trade are expected to be catalysts for the air freight and logistics industry.

Weakening near-term demand and a higher stock price are causes for caution, the analyst said.

Industrial tools and supplies distributor MSC Industrial Direct reports fiscal third-quarter earnings short of Wall Street forecasts and lowers its guidance amid sluggish sales.

Boeing says second-quarter and first-half deliveries decline as the planemaker feels the continued fallout from the global grounding of the company's 737 MAX jet.

We have a nice little risk averse bull call spread just for earnings.