Stocks that are moving substantially or trading heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:
NYSE
Rite Aid Corp., down 14 cents at $2.60
The nation's third biggest drugstore chain posted a fourth-quarter loss on spending to integrate more than 1,800 stores acquired last year.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., up 52 cents at $54.66
The world's largest retailer raised its first-quarter profit forecast and said April sales should top prior expectations.
DuPont Co., up 60cents at $49.64
Strong performance in both emerging markets and its agricultural business caused the chemicals company to hike its first-quarter profit outlook.
Pier 1 Imports Inc., up 65 cents at $7.54
Improved gross profit margins, higher same-store sales and lower expenses helped the home furnishings retailer swing to a fiscal fourth-quarter profit.
NASDAQ
Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc., up $7.99 at $24.34
Japan's top drug maker Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. bid $8.8 billion, or $25 per share, for the biotechnology company.
Focus Media Holding Ltd., down $3.11 at $31.53
Expectations of poor text-message advertising revenue in China caused the digital media company to cut its 2008 outlook.
Yahoo Inc., up 82 cents at $28.59
A Citi Investment Research analyst said Microsoft Corp. will likely succeed in its efforts to buy the Internet portal, but at a higher per-share price.
Costco Wholesale Corp., up 49 cents at $66.52
Same-store sales rose 7 percent in March and topped Wall Street's expectations, the warehouse club operator said.
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