Market Currents

• Wednesday, October 28, 2009

• 07:35 AM Ashland (ASH): FQ4 EPS of $0.96 beats by $0.06. Revenue of $2.11B (-4.6%) in-line. "Demand appears to be showing some signs of growth in many end markets." (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable pre-market earnings: ASH, BWA, CCE, CHINA, CNP, COP, EPD, GD, GT, HES, IP, IPG, JNY, LAZ, LVLT, MWV, NWL, NXY, NYB, OC, PEG, PX, Q, SAP, SEPR, SO, SPIL, SPW, UMC, WLP, WYN Comment!

• Friday, July 24, 2009

• 07:00 AM Ashland (ASH): FQ3 EPS of $1.01 beats by $0.09. Revenue of $2.04B (-7.5%) in-line. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Friday's open: ACI, ASH, BDK, DOV, ERIC, EXC, FO, IR, PNK, SEPR, SLB, TROW, WL Comment!

• Thursday, April 30, 2009

• 06:56 AM Ashland (ASH): FQ2 EPS of $0.64 beats by $0.34. Revenue of $2.0B (-3.4%) vs. $2.1B. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: APA, ASH, AZN, BC, BWA, CAH, CELG, CI, CINF, CL, CLI, CMCSA, CMS, COCO, COV, CTL, D, DLR, DOW, EK, ENTG, EQT, ERIC, EXPE, FAF, GTI, HOT, HP, IP, IRM, K, KBR, KIM, KSU, LKQX, LNT, MRO, MOT, MYL, NBL, NEM, NRG, NWL, NYX, OC, OCR, OMX, OSK, PDE, PEI, PG, PTEN, RGC, RYN, SEPR, SPR, SWY, TRV, TSM, TYC, VIA.B, WMB, WPI, XEL, XOM Comment!

• Tuesday, March 24, 2009

• 13:15 PM S&P leaders at midday: ACAS +32.5%. IP +12.7%. AGN +10.9%. MTG +10.3%. HSP +8.4%. PFG +7.7%. MS +8%. X +7.8%. ASH +8.1%. JDSU +7.1%. Laggards: DYN -11.8%. HBAN -8.6%. MKC -8%. CME -6.7%. NWL -6.8%. MTB -6.2% Comment!

• Tuesday, January 27, 2009

• 06:30 AM Ashland (ASH): FQ1 EPS of $0.11 misses by $0.04. Revenue of $2.2B (-8.7%) vs. $2.1B. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Tuesday's open: AKS, ASH, AVY, BJS, BMS, BMY, BTU, CBE, CHKP, CP, CVG, DAL, DD, EMC, ENR, FMER, FPL, GLW, HSY, KCI, LXK, MHP, NUE, NYB, RYN, SI, STE, STJ, TIN, TLAB, TRV, VLO, VZ, WAT, WDR, X Comment!

• Tuesday, October 28, 2008

• 07:23 AM Ashland (ASH): FQ4 EPS of -$0.01 misses by $0.31. Revenue of $2.2B (+6.3%) in-line. [PR] Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Tuesday's open: AMED, ASH, BP, BYD, CHKP, CVG, EL, ELNK, ETR, FMER, HMA, IPG, KSU, MAS, MHP, OXY, RCL, SAP, SCHN, SEPR, SII, TIN, UA, USG, VLO, VSH, WDR, WHR, X Comment!

• Thursday, July 24, 2008

• 08:09 AM Ashland (ASH): FQ3 EPS of $1.03 beats by $0.17. Revenue of $2.2B (+11%) vs. $2.13B. Shares [PR] Comment!
• 00:02 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open I: ABC, ABI, AN, ASH, AUO, BBI, BBW, BC, BDX, BEN, BG, BMY, BNI, CACH, CBE, CELG, CPS, DAI, DO, DOW, ECA, ECL, ELN, ESI, ESV, EVR, F, FCL, FLIR, FRZ, GR, HOT, HTV, IMCL, IVGN, IVZ, JNS, KCI, KMB Comment!

• Friday, July 11, 2008

• 07:48 AM In the second major chemical deal in as many days, Ashland (ASH) is buying Hercules (HPC) for $2.6B. The cash and stock $23.01/share deal is a 38% premium to HPC's Thursday close. Comment!