Basic Material Most Active Stocks: Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX), The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW), Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR)

Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) was upgraded by analysts at Macquarie from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday. Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) stock performance was 3.13% in last session and finished the day at $12.87. Traded volume was 39.76million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 27.04million shares. The beta … Continue reading Basic Material Most Active Stocks: Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX), The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW), Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR)

Basic Material Active Runners: Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM), Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX), Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (ADR) (NYSE:PBR)

That “ongoing” litigation stems from a lawsuit filed by the state of California against Newmont Mining Corp (NYSE:NEM) in July 2012. Filed by California Attorney General Kamala Harris, the suit states Newmont Mining Corp (NYSE:NEM) “owned and continued to have an interest in Empire Mine Park where they conducted mining operations, which have generated and continue to generate real hazardous substances.” Newmont Mining Corp (NYSE:NEM) … Continue reading Basic Material Active Runners: Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM), Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX), Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (ADR) (NYSE:PBR)

Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) management told UBS yesterday it expects another gasoline price hike this year from the Brazilian government, but it offers no detail on when and by how much, and the price gap with the international market rate won’t be fully closed. Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) stock performance was -1.40% in last session and finished the day at $12.00. … Continue reading Basic Material Most Active: Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Kinross Gold Corporation (NYSE:KGC), Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM)

Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR), or Petrobras, is the state-controlled oil and gas giant. Petrobras has burned many investors on the other side of the Americas, largely because its capital structure is set up to take care of common shareholders further down the road – the Brazilian taxpayers (or consumers), its employees and workforce, and its preferred shares all come first. That leaves very … Continue reading Basic Material Active Stocks: Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Vale (NYSE:VALE), Kinross Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:KGC)

The largest of them, oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) was down 0.93% to BRL13.81, after gaining 14.5% in the five-session period ended Monday. Another state-owned corporation, power supplier Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA, or Eletrobras, was down 1.52% to BRL5.83. Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) stock performance was 1.67% in last session and finished the day at $12.17. Traded volume was 27,023,312 … Continue reading NYSE Active Stocks: Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T)

Atlantic Equities downgrades shares of Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) from Overweight to Neutral and lowered the price target from $20 to $18.50 Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) stock performance was -1.08% in last session and finished the day at $17.37. Traded volume was 118,100,416 million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 109.13 million shares. The beta of the … Continue reading NYSE most active: Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ), Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR)