-$1.54
8.6%
Shares of American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. sank to $16.37. Its biggest customer, General Motors Corp., plans to reduce truck production. Stock of Lake Forest-based Tenneco Inc., which derived 20 percent of its revenue from GM last year, fell 3.5 percent, to $22.86.
$4.59
3.6%
Monsanto Co. stock rose to $133.14, its highest close ever. Earnings at the world’s largest seed seller will exceed expectations, thanks to high prices for farm products, three analysts said.
$7.68
9%
Shares of W-H Energy Services Inc. had their biggest percentage gain since Feb. 1, jumping to $93.22. The oil field-services provider agreed to be acquired by Smith International Inc. for $93.55 a share, or $3.2 billion.
-$3
4.4%
CSX Corp. shares fell to $65.46, their biggest percentage drop in more than four months. UBS AG analysts reduced their ratings on the railroad company to “neutral” from “buy,” saying “the group is probably due for a pullback.”
$3.25
10.8%
Shares of NCI Building Systems Inc. had their biggest percentage advance since February 2006, climbing to $33.40. The maker of metal-building components said second-quarter earnings more than doubled.
$0.28
8.1%
Level 3 Communications Inc. stock rose to $3.74, its highest close since Oct. 22. A UBS analyst raised his share-price estimate on the maker of fiber-optic phone networks, and boosted 2008 and 2009 earnings projections.
