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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 2002
Page
5
AP stock market roundup from Stockyards Peoria shows hogs trading moderately with barrows and gilts up 1.00, sow prices higher across weights, and boars mixed. Cattle trading moderately with choice slaughter steers and heifers steady, cows not enough to establish a market, with specific weight ranges and price bands for steers, heifers, and cows.
Grain futures mixed on Monday with wheat dropping on favorable weather and weak demand while soybeans climbed late on positives from weather forecasts and potential crop deterioration in this week's progress report. Corn followed wheat lower as forecasts remained favorable. Beef and pork futures gained on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange with live cattle, feeder cattle, lean hogs, and pork bellies all advancing.
John Deere announces about 300 layoffs across its commercial and consumer equipment division, closing Williamsburg Virginia and Jeffersonville Indiana facilities while reducing output at Horicon Wisconsin. About 100 Horicon jobs will transfer to Fuquay Varina North Carolina with a special retirement incentive.
Bargain buying lifts the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 213.21 points to 9,687.42, with the S&P 500 up 28.90 to 1,036.17 and the Nasdaq climbing 48.55 to 1,553.29. McDonald’s and Wal-Mart boosts, upgrades for Amgen and Georgia-Pacific help sentiment as analysts see a return to growth and improving profitability in the second half.
McDonald’s Corp expects Q2 earnings of 38 to 39 cents per share, above last year’s 34 cents and above analyst estimates. Europe sales rise 9 to 10 percent in early Q2, U.S. sales up modestly, while Japan beef concerns linger. Systemwide Q2 two months sales total $6.9 billion, with year-to-date $16.6 billion, aiming mid single-digit gains for the year. Shares rose to $29.79.
Quest Communications chief Joseph Nacchio steps down as the company faces an SEC inquiry into accounting practices, a junk credit downgrade, and a falling stock price. Nacchio, 52, said he wants to spend more time with family and pursue other opportunities, while board members reportedly urged his resignation.
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