Ingersoll-Rand profit tops forecasts, shares gain
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Diversified manufacturer Ingersoll-Rand Co Ltd  reported better-than-expected quarterly net profit on Friday on international results and demand for such industrial products as air compressors, sending its shares up 2.2 percent in early trading.
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Nike Inc  said on Wednesday that quarterly profit jumped 10 percent, topping Wall Street estimates, on strong international demand and higher margins, sending shares up 2 percent in after-hours trade.
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U.S. stocks rose on Friday as a report showing stronger-than-expected job growth boosted optimism about the outlook for profits.
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Eli Lilly and Co  on Tuesday  said fourth-quarter profit rose on higher-than-expected sales  of its medicines, including strong demand for its newer  treatments for depression, diabetes and cancer.
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Investment bank Lehman Brothers  Holdings Inc.  on Thursday said fiscal fourth-quarter  profit rose 22 percent with record revenue from virtually every  business line, but investors expecting even better results sent  its shares down in premarket trade.
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Oracle Corp. ORCL.O posted a   quarterly profit on Tuesday that topped Wall Street estimates   as new business software license revenue rose, sending its   shares up 13 percent to their highest in four years.
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Nike Inc.  said on Wednesday  that quarterly profit jumped 10 percent, topping Wall Street  estimates on strong U.S. demand for its footwear and robust  growth overseas, sending shares up over 3 percent in  after-hours trade.
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Sears Holdings Corp.  reported higher fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by property sales and higher operating income at its Sears and Kmart divisions.
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Procter &amp; Gamble Co  posted higher quarterly profit on Thursday as strength in emerging markets helped offset slower growth in North America and Western Europe.
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Nasdaq Stock Market Inc , the second-largest U.S. equities exchange, posted a higher quarterly profit on Wednesday, helped by a gain from the sale of its stake in the London Stock Exchange.
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide  Inc.  on Thursday posted better-than-expected  second-quarter profit on gains from the sale of some hotels and  higher room rates, and raised its outlook for the year.
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Wall Street was higher after a better-than-expected profit report at Research in Motion and on word that Merrill Lynch might have lined up a cash infusion from a Singapore fund.
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U.S. stocks gained on Friday as stronger-than-expected results from software maker Oracle Corp  and Nike Inc  brightened the profit outlook.
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Business software maker Oracle  Corp.  posted a profit on Tuesday that topped Wall  Street estimates and forecast solid growth this quarter, and  its shares rose 9 percent to their highest level in four years.
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Retailer Best Buy Co  reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings on Tuesday, helped by strong international sales, and raised its full-year profit forecast, pushing its shares up about 5 percent.
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Caterpillar Inc.  said on Friday  its profit in the latest quarter rose more than 10 percent as  strong international mining, energy and construction sales  offset a decline in U.S. equipment and engine sales.
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Reuters Group Plc RTR.L posted better  than expected full-year profits on Wednesday thanks to  disposals, cost cutting, improving sales and a return to profit  at electronic trading unit Instinet, which it may sell.