$1.27
4.7%
Agilent Technologies Inc. rose to $28.47. The world’s biggest maker of scientific-testing equipment reported third-quarter net profit of $227 million, or 54 cents a share, on revenue of $1.45 billion. The company had adjusted net income of $195 million, or 46 cents a share, beating analyst expectations of 41 cents on $1.43 billion in revenue.
55 cents
2.8%
Cisco Systems Inc. climbed to $20.09. Shares of the world’s largest maker of communications equipment could reach $25 as telecommunications companies upgrade gear to handle video services, Barron’s said, citing Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analyst Brantley Thompson.
46 cents
6.2%
Ford Motor Co. increased to $7.83. The second-largest U.S. automaker was raised to “outperform” from “underperform” by Bear Stearns & Co.’s Peter Nesvold. Ford probably will announce a “potentially material restructuring” plan, the analyst wrote.
36 cents
8.8%
HealthSouth Corp. grew to $4.46. The largest U.S. operator of rehabilitation hospitals said its second-quarter loss narrowed to 13 cents a share, after one-time costs for its rehabilitation and surgery centers led to a loss of 16 cents a year earlier.
$1.53
9.6%
Mills Corp. surged to $17.44. The shopping-center developer agreed to sell its stake in three malls in Canada, Scotland and Spain for $981 million to Montreal-based Ivanhoe Cambridge Inc., it said in a Business Wire statement.
