Market Currents

• Tuesday, November 3, 2009

• 09:18 AM Alpha Natural Resources (ANR): Q3 EPS of $0.47 beats by $0.09. Revenue of $729M (+5.9%) in-line. Shares -0.9% premarket. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable premarket earnings: ABC, ACOR, ADM, AMT, ANR, CAM, COL, CTSH, EMR, EXPD, FTR, GET, HCP, HNT, ICE, JOE, JRCC, LPX, MA, MHS, MRO, MVL, NXG, OSK, PER, PKD, PQ, RCL, RDC, RL, SNH, TE, TEVA, THC, TLM, VIA, VNO Comment!

• Monday, July 27, 2009

• 08:03 AM Alpha Natural Resources (ANR): Q2 EPS of $0.22 misses by $0.16. Revenue of $386M (-45%) vs. $446M. Shares -2% premarket. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Monday's open: AET, ANR, EPD, FCL, GLW, HON, ICO, LO, RSH, SOHU, TLAB, VZ 1 Comment

• Tuesday, May 12, 2009

• 07:30 AM Alpha Natural Resources (ANR) will buy Foundation Coal Holdings (FCL) for around $1.5B in stock. FCL +16.4% premarket. Comment!

• Wednesday, May 6, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: APAC +38%. ARM +23%. CKSW +22%. ACOR +21%. CROX +17%. AIB +17%. CTIC +16%. SUMT +17%. FIG +14%. LNC +14%. BEE +13%. ABK +11%. DAN +11%. PLT +11%. BYD +11%. HOV +9%. SRZ +9%. GNW +10%. ANR +8%. DIS +7%. CLF +7%. KFN +7%. BZH +7%. BAC +7%. HBC +6%. FITB +6%. BRCD +6%. BX +6%. DRYS +6%. HIG +5%. WFC +5%. EXM +5%. HMY +5%. ALU +5%. MGM +5%. COF +5%. AU +5%. CRXL +5%. GFI +5%. GERN +5%. Comment!
• 08:20 AM Alpha Natural Resources (ANR): Q1 EPS of $0.66 beats by $0.18. Revenue of $487M (-1.3%) vs. $522M. Shares +3.3% premarket. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Wednesday's open: ACAS, AGU, ANR, BX, BYD, DSX, DVN, FIG, FWLT, GRMN, HK, HPT, KWK, MGA, MMC, PCG, PWR, RIG, RRD, SNH, TTI, WNR, WTR, XTO Comment!

• Thursday, February 5, 2009

• 08:08 AM Alpha Natural Resources (ANR): Q4 EPS of -$0.07 misses by $0.29. Revenue of $594M (+16.3%) vs. $631M. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: ANR, BG, BKC, BPO, CAH, CBB, CI, CINF, DO, DUK, EL, ELNK, FLIR, FLO, K, KIM, MA, MCO, MF, NCR, RX, SBH, SE, SPR, UFS, WU Comment!

• Wednesday, December 3, 2008

• 09:21 AM Premarket losers: FCX -17.5%. RTP -16%. BCS -11%. HE -11%. PLD -9%. AZ -9%. CIT -8%. ANR -8%. PCU -7.5%. S -7.5%. AAUK -7%. JASO -7%. ACGY -7%. MDR -7%. TOT -7%. AA -6%. RIMM -6%. HBAN -6%. CHK -6%. MT -6%. Comment!

• Tuesday, November 18, 2008

• 09:20 AM Premarket losers: ATML -22%. CTRP -20%. ANR -9%. LYG -8%. BCS -8%. UBS -7%. GLW -6%. ING -5.5%. MDT -5%. Comment!
• 07:07 AM Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF) and Alpha Natural Resources (ANR) abandon their planned $10B merger, citing the difficult economic environment, uncertainty in the steel industry and potential litigation costs.
  Comment!

• Wednesday, October 29, 2008

• 12:32 PM Trading higher on strong earnings: LM +31%. HERO +28%. MGM +32%. NXY +20%. ANR +20%. SU +16%. AG +14%. NBL +14%. HES +10%. SPR +9%. VPHM +8% PX +7%. OC +6%. ODP +6%. AGN +5%. GRMN +4%. Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Wednesday's open: AET, AG, AGN, ALO, ANR, BPO, BWA, CINF, CMCSA, GLW, GRMN, GW, HERO, HES, IMA, IVZ, JNY, K, KEM, KFT, LAZ, LM, MCO, MGM, MWV, NBL, NEM, NXY, NYB, OC, ODP, PG, PX, Q, SEE, SHPGY, SLAB, SNE, SPR, SPW, SU, TSO, VPHM, WEC, WPI Comment!

• Friday, August 1, 2008

• 11:44 AM ArcelorMittal (MT) may disrupt the $8.8B takeover of Alpha Natural Resources (ANR) by Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) with a counter-bid. It may also sit on the sidelines until the deal closes, and then make a move for the combo. [FT] Comment!