Market Currents

• Wednesday, November 4, 2009

• 06:37 AM Huntsman (HUN): Q3 EPS of -$0.24 misses by $0.16. Revenue of $2.11B (+13%) vs. $1.95B. Says expansion of Asian ops "has allowed us to take advantage of markets less affected by the ongoing global recession." Anticipates economic recovery will continue. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable premarket earnings: ABK, ADP, AGU, BDX, BHI, CMCSA, DVN, FWLT, GRMN, HUN, IAG, LIZ, MFA, MMC, PHM, PWR, RDN, RIG, RRD, TAP, TEL, TOT, TRW, TWX, WTR, XTO 1 Comment

• Thursday, August 6, 2009

• 08:06 AM Huntsman (HUN): Q2 EPS of -$0.27 misses by $0.14. Revenue of $1.9B (-36%) vs. $2B. Shares -4.9% premarket. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: AEE, ARE, BVF, BX, CLR, CMCSA, CNQ, CSE, CSIQ, CTL, DPTR, DSX, DTV, EAT, EP, FTO, FUQI, GLG, GNA, HPT, HUN, IAG, KG, LAMR, LINE, LXP, MF, MPEL, NDAQ, PCS, PXP, SIRI, TDC, TTI, WEN, WIN, WMB, WNR Comment!

• Tuesday, June 23, 2009

• 11:50 AM Huntsman (HUN +4.7%) settles its dispute with Credit Suisse (CS ) and Deutsche Bank (DB). HUN will receive $620M in cash, and another $1.1B in loans at below-market costs. Comment!

• Tuesday, May 12, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: CNB +38%. FCL +36%. STEC +32%. FTBK +19%. CTRP +18%. ICO +16%. WINN +16%. BCON +14%. MBI +11%. HUN +11%. PMI +10%. JRCC +10%. MEE +8%. INCY +8%. DPTR +8%. PCX +8%. ACI +7%. UCBH +7%. ABK +7%. LEA +6%. CNO +6%. KOG +6%. BQI +6%. TXT +6%. AMD +5%. DRYS +5%. HBAN +5%. FLR +5%. ARMH +5%. Comment!

• Friday, May 8, 2009

• 09:01 AM Premarket losers: DPTR -36%. CROX -19%. KFN -14%. XTXI -12%. HUN -11%. GNW -10%. BRKR -8%. ALL -7%. MS -7%. IRE -6%. BCRX -6%. Comment!
• 07:50 AM Huntsman (HUN): Q1 EPS of -$0.55 misses by $0.33. Revenue of $1.69B (-33.3%) vs. $2.2B. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Friday's open: EIX, EP, HUN, MDC, MIR, NXG, SAH, WIN, WR Comment!

• Wednesday, March 18, 2009

• 08:57 AM S&P cuts Huntsman (HUN) to B from BB-, citing HUN's "highly leveraged financial profile and meaningful near-term debt maturities and refinancing requirements," and expects performance to weaken in 2009. Huntsman responded, saying its operations are sound and liquidity is ample. Comment!

• Thursday, February 26, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: LYG +23%. RBS +21%. FITB +19%. DRYS +18%. HUN +17%. ING +16%. UBS +15%. LVS +11%. AZ +11%. FLR +11%. BCS +10%. AFL +10%. FAS +10%. CS +9%. RF +9%. OCR +9%. C +9%. BAC +9%. PCX +8%. HIG +8%. HBC +8%. WFC +8. EGLE +8%. Comment!
• 07:21 AM Huntsman (HUN): Q4 EPS of -$0.38 misses by $0.33. Revenue of $2.05B (-18.2%) vs. $2.44B. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: ALO, AMT, BYD, CLR, CVC, DLR, DYN, EME, EP, ESV, FAF, FRO, FTO, GLBL, GM, HRP, HUN, IRM, KG, LAMR, LINE, LKQX, LTD, NDAQ, NIHD, OCR, PCS, RAS, RDC, SHLD, SONS, SUG, SWY, WRC Comment!

• Monday, February 23, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: NCX +322%. RBS +18%. BAC +16%. C +15%. DRYS +11%. FAS +11%. BCS +10%. HIG +10%. UAUA +9%. WFC +8%. AXA +8%. STI +8%. EXM +7%. AAUK +7%. AMR +7%. DAL +6%. PALM +6%. RF +6%. HUN +6%. USB +5%. JPM +5%. LVS +5%. XL +5%. Comment!

• Tuesday, December 30, 2008

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: GM +7.8%. SVNT +7%. F +6%. HUN +5%. LOGI +5%. AMD +5%. SAY +5%. MT +4%. PBR +4%. RIO +4%. Losers: GFI -4%. 1 Comment

• Wednesday, December 24, 2008

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: PLD +10%. DRYS +2%. Premarket losers: GNW -5%. HUN -3%. Premarket volume is scant. Comment!