Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) may realize fourth quarter net income that is weaker than what it realized a year ago. Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) stock performance was -0.63% in last session and finished the day at $11.02. Traded volume was 17.19million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 17.81million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.83.

Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) had the honor to be named the most admired metals company by Fortunes magazine. Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) rose 2.54 percent to $12.10 yesterday on volume of Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) 20.04million shares. The intra-day range of the Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) stock was $11.71 to $12.14. Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) has a market capitalization of $13.04billion.

Solar Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) Technology has opened a Tetronics-built plant to recover precious metals from spent catalysts and electronic waste. Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT)’s stock on Mar 05, 2014 reported a increase of 1.75% to the closing price of $19.17. Its fifty two weeks range is $12.65 -$19.41. The total market capitalization recorded $23.22billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 17.57million shares. In its share capital, Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) has 6.52billion outstanding shares.

Vale S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:VALE) options contracts experienced a new 3-month record for both call and put contracts where a total of 21,732 call and 33,427 put contracts were traded in the busy trading session. On Wednesday, shares of Vale SA (ADR) (NYSE:VALE) dropped -1.93% to close the day at $13.75. Company return on investment (ROI) is 9.40% and its monthly performance is recorded as 4.32%. Vale SA (ADR) (NYSE:VALE) quarterly revenue growth is -7.66%.