Xerox, AT&T, Kimberly-Clark are big movers

Xerox, AT&T, Kimberly-Clark, Fifth Third, Amgen are among big market movers Thursday

• By The Associated Press
• On 7:43 pm EDT, Thursday October 22, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) -- The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange:

NYSE:

Xerox Corp., up 31 cents at $8.03

Xerox posted a 52 percent drop in third-quarter earnings but boosted its 2009 adjusted profit forecast above Wall Street expectations.

AT&T Inc., up 16 cents at $26.10

AT&T's profit dipped as revenue from traditional landlines dropped, but it added a record number of data-hungry iPhones to its network.

J. Crew Group Inc., up $5.75 at $43.49

The chain significantly boosted its fiscal third-quarter profit forecast on better-than-expected sales and margins.

Nucor Corp., down $1.82 at $44.18

The largest U.S. steel maker by production reported its third quarterly loss in a row, hurt by higher material costs and weak demand.

Kimberly-Clark Corp., up $3.40 at $63.09

Price hikes on Huggies diapers and Kleenex tissues helped push the company to a 41 percent profit increase.

NASDAQ:

Amgen Inc., down $2.55 at $56.85

The company said the Food and Drug Administration has requested additional data on the proposed osteoporosis drug Prolia.

Affymetrix Inc., down $1.60 at $7.26

The genetic analysis technology company posted weak third-quarter results and offered a soft revenue forecast for the fourth quarter.

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