-$10.64
8.6%
Monsanto Co. stock fell to $112.70. The world’s largest seed producer and other commodity-related shares fell after oil, copper, corn and soybeans declined. Decatur-based Archer Daniels Midland Co., the nation’s second-biggest ethanol producer, dropped $2.63, or 5.8 percent, to $42.37.
$1.69
5.3%
Shares of General Growth Properties Inc. increased to $33.60. The Chicago-based firm, the nation’s second-largest owner of shopping malls, was upgraded to “buy” from “neutral” at Merrill Lynch & Co.
-$2.81
12.4%
Intel Corp. stock slumped to $19.88. Late Tuesday, the world’s biggest chipmaker said first-quarter sales will be between $9.4 billion and $10 billion. Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News estimated sales of $10.1 billion.
$0.48
17.8%
Blockbuster Inc. stock gained to $3.17. The shares rose the most in more than two years after JPMorgan Chase & Co. said concerns about the world’s biggest video-rental chain losing business to Apple Inc. might be overblown.
-$2.17
17.7%
Shares of California Pizza Kitchen Inc. sank to $10.10. The owner of the namesake casual-dining restaurants reduced its 2008 sales and profit forecasts, citing “continuing challenges in the macroeconomic environment.”
$1.11
4.5%
Coach Inc. stock advanced to $25.73. Pali Capital Inc. analyst Stacey Widlitz wrote in a research note that shares of the nation’s largest luxury leather goods-maker could climb to $37.
