$2.68
6.9%
GATX Corp. stock gained to $41.31. The Chicago-based company, which leases airplanes and railroad cars, said it agreed to sell its aircraft unit to a group including Australia’s Macquarie Bank Ltd.
$2.24
7.6%
Accenture Ltd. stock climbed to $31.60. Computer Sciences Corp. is taking over a contract with the United Kingdom’s National Health Service after the work racked up nearly a half-billion dollars in losses.
-$2.21
8.8%
Shares of American Greetings Corp. tumbled to $22.83. The maker of greeting cards said its second-quarter loss, excluding some items, was 23 cents a share, 7 cents a share worse than estimates.
-$0.90
2.3%
McCormick & Co. stock fell to $37.39. The world’s biggest spice seller was cut to “neutral” from “buy” by a Merrill Lynch & Co. analyst, who said the stock’s prices already reflected the company’s “better-than-expected turnaround progress.”
$3.27
13.8%
Shares of Resources Connection Inc. jumped to $27.02. The company, which provides legal, accounting and other services, said it earned 30 cents a share for the first quarter, excluding some items. Analysts had expected 24 cents a share.
$1.03
12.4%
Shares of Talk America Holdings Inc. surged to $9.35. The telephone and high-speed Internet access provider received a buyout offer from Sun Capital Securities LLC for $9 a share in cash.
