$1.13
5.1%
OfficeMax Inc. stock advanced to $23.27. The Naperville-based office-supplies retailer reported 25 percent more fourth-quarter profit than analysts estimated after the company lowered expenses.
$0.98
5.4%
Shares of Alon USA Energy Inc. fell to $17.26. The oil refiner and fuel marketer closed a facility in Texas after an explosion sent four workers to the hospital Monday. Alon’s rivals gained. Western Refining Inc. rose the most since its January 2006 initial public offering, climbing $3.60, or 17.7 percent, to $23.99.
$2.41
4.9%
MedcoHealth Solutions Inc. gained to $51.39. The nation’s biggest manager of drug benefits raised its 2008 earnings forecast, and its profit in the most recent quarter beat analysts’ estimates, as the company added customers and sold more generic medicines.
$1.06
13.7%
Corinthian Colleges Inc. stock rose to $8.78. Washington Post Co., owner of the Kaplan education service, bought an 8.1 percent stake in Corinthian, a for-profit provider of postsecondary education.
$5.81
12.2%
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Holly Corp. stock increased to $53.31. The owner of oil refineries in New Mexico and Utah reported fourth-quarter earnings that exceeded the average analyst estimate by 42 percent, as sales of sulfur credits soared.
$4.76
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Shares of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. rose to $97.94. Commodity producers gained after copper reached a four-month high and oil rose to a record.