Schlumberger Limited. (NYSE:SLB) – Equities researchers at Capital One Financial cut their Q1 2019 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Schlumberger in a report issued on Wednesday, December 5th, according to Zacks Investment Research. Capital One Financial analyst L. Lemoine now forecasts that the oil and gas company will post earnings per share of $0.33 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.39. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Schlumberger’s Q2 2019 earnings at $0.45 EPS, Q3 2019 earnings at $0.58 EPS and FY2019 earnings at $2.05 EPS.

Shares in Toronto’s main stock index opened higher on Friday after data showed the economy expanded at a greater-than-expected rate in October, boosted by strength in manufacturing, finance and insurance sectors.

NCI Building Systems Inc (NYSE:NCS) – Investment analysts at DA Davidson upped their Q1 2019 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of NCI Building Systems in a report issued on Thursday, December 20th. DA Davidson analyst B. Thielman now expects that the construction company will post earnings of $0.17 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.14. DA Davidson currently has a “Neutral” rating and a $7.50 target price on the stock. DA Davidson also issued estimates for NCI Building Systems’ Q3 2019 earnings at $0.47 EPS and FY2020 earnings at $1.51 EPS.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (ARE) At the moment, stock is trading at $117.42 and moved -2.10%. Meanwhile, the stock investors and analysts deem this stock on the go as it shuffled with 0.91 million shares contrasting its Average Volume of 0.68 million shares. The trading company has the Market Cap of $12677.84. ARE stock about -11.08% away from the 52-week high and closed 3.00% away from the 52-week low. The total dollar value of all 107.97 million outstanding shares is 12.68 billion. Price earnings ratio (P/E) ratio of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (ARE) is 28.30. ARE has price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 283.01 and Forward P/E of 51.16.

Oil prices fell about 5 percent on Thursday, hitting their lowest level in more than a year on worries about oversupply and the outlook for energy demand as a U.S. interest rate rise knocked stock markets.

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NEW YORK – Oil prices fell about 5 percent on Thursday, hitting their lowest level in more than a year on worries about oversupply and the outlook for energy demand as a U.S. interest rate rise knocked stock markets.

NEW YORK – World equity markets continued a week-long slide on Thursday, one day after the U.S. Federal Reserve indicated it was set on its path to hike interest rates next year despite signs that global economic growth is stuttering.

LONDON – World stocks extended a steep sell-off on Friday as the threat of a U.S. government shutdown and further hikes in U.S. borrowing costs compounded investor anxieties over the trajectory of global economic growth.

First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC) had a rough trading day for Wednesday December 19 as shares tumbled 5.44%, or a loss of $-1.31 per share, to close at $22.77. After opening the day at $24.09, shares of First Financial Bancorp. traded as high as $24.21 and as low as $22.73. Volume was 799,662 shares over 6,845 trades, against an average daily volume of n/a shares and a total float of 97.91 million.