Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. NYSE: APD declined by 0.04% to close at $82.82. APD traded 1.53 million shares for the day. Its earning per share remained 4.63. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. serves technology, energy, industrial and healthcare customers globally with a portfolio of products, services and solutions that include atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, equipment and services. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc is a supplier of hydrogen and helium, and has built positions in markets, such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, natural gas liquefaction and advanced coatings and adhesives. It operates in four segments: merchant gases, tonnage gases, electronic and performance materials, and equipment and energy. In May 2009, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc sold its United States home infusion therapy services business and some elements of its respiratory and home medical equipment business to OptionCare Enterprises, Inc.
Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) NYSE: POT declined by 0.57% to close at $144.04. POT traded 3.96 million shares for the day. Its earning per share remained 4.60. Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (PCS) is an integrated fertilizer and related industrial and feed products company. Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. owns and operates five potash mines in Saskatchewan and one in New Brunswick. It also holds mineral rights at the Esterhazy mine and potash is produced under a mining and processing agreement with a third party. Its phosphate operations include the manufacture and sale of solid and liquid phosphate fertilizers, animal feed supplements and industrial acid, which is used in food products and industrial processes. PCS also has a phosphate mine and two mineral processing plant complexes in northern Florida and six phosphate feed plants in the United States. Its nitrogen operations involve the production of nitrogen fertilizers and nitrogen feed and industrial products, including ammonia, urea, nitrogen solutions, ammonium nitrate and nitric acid.
BHP Billiton plc (ADR) NYSE: BBL no change for the day close at $63.92. BBL traded 1.65 million shares for the day. Its earning per share remained 4.56.BHP Billiton plc is a diversified natural resources company. BHP Billiton plc operates nine customer sector groups (CSGs): petroleum, aluminium, base metals (including uranium), diamonds and specialty products, stainless steel materials, iron ore, manganese, metallurgical coal and energy coal. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 (fiscal 2010), the Company realized an annual production volume of 158.56 million barrels of oil equivalent. During fiscal 2010, the company produced 1.2 million tonnes of aluminium. It also produced 13.9 million tonnes of bauxite and 3.8 million tonnes of alumina.
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