Caterpillar rises after rosier outlook
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Shares in Caterpillar rose in late trading Tuesday after the heavy equipment maker said continued strength in worldwide machine and engine sales would boost 2004 sales higher than previously estimated.
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Caterpillar Inc.  reported higher quarterly earnings on Thursday as the U.S. economic recovery spurred sales of its heavy construction machinery and diesel engines, but results fell short of analysts' estimates, sending its shares down nearly 5 percent.
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U.S. stock futures inched higher on Tuesday, pointing to a higher market open, after strong profits from Tyco International Ltd.  and other companies boosted optimism about company profits, and a jump in oil prices pushed up shares of Exxon Mobil Corp. .
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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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US stock-index futures rose before an Institute for Supply Management report that may show growth in the services industry accelerated last month.
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Deere & Co.  said on Tuesday its quarterly earnings rose a better-than-expected 19 percent, but it forecast lower profits and flat sales in 2007 as weakness in the housing market weighs on sales.
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Stock futures rose on Monday, boosted by a flurry of deal news including a report that BHP Billiton has revived plans for a $40 billion takeover of aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. .
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The company said first-quarter profit rose 55 percent, beating Wall Streetâs expectations, as lofty crop prices stoked global demand for its agricultural equipment.
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Stocks rose on Friday, with the Dow industrials advancing 1 percent, helped by a higher-than-expected profit forecast from IBM  and earnings from General Electric Co  that met Wall Street expectations.
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Stocks rose on Friday after a higher profit forecast by Microsoft Corp.  lifted all three major indexes and an upbeat outlook by lender Countrywide Financial Corp.  stemmed fears of financial-sector losses.
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Stocks opened higher on Friday as a higher-than-expected profit forecast from IBM and earnings from General Electric Co buoyed investor sentiment, a day after a sharp sell-off.
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Stocks rose on Thursday, after data suggested a stronger-than-expected jobs market and an upgrade of General Motors Corp.  sent the auto maker's shares higher.
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U.S. stocks rallied on Thursday, with the S&P 500 touching a six-year high and the Nasdaq jumping more than 1 percent, after higher-than-expected earnings from companies, including Ciena and Costco, improved the outlook for steady profit growth.
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Deere & Co. , the world's largest maker of agricultural equipment, reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday and raised its fiscal-year outlook, sending its shares up as much as nearly 11 percent to an all-time high.
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Stocks rose on Friday, a day after a  sharp sell-off, as data on producer prices and industrial  output indicated healthy, noninflationary economic growth and  boosted cyclical shares like Caterpillar Inc. CAT.N.
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U.S. stock index futures rallied, pointing to a sharply higher market open on Friday, after data showed consumer prices were unexpectedly flat in November, boosting optimism that economic growth is neither too fast nor too slow.
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U.S. blue chips were higher on Tuesday  after a brokerage upgraded Caterpillar Inc. CAT.N and crude  prices fell for a third session, easing investor fears that  costly oil would squeeze company profits and slow growth.