““` Image source: Getty Images. Investors will be closely watching four agricultural megamergers in 2017 totaling some $ 186 billion. Low grain prices have forced crop protection suppliers and seed and trait developers to cut selling prices in the last two years, as farmers have been forced to make difficult decisions to keep their heads… Read More: Will These Megamergers Gain Approval in 2017? »
On Jan 16, we issued an updated research report on fertilizer company CF Industries CF . CF Industries has outperformed the Zacks categorized Fertilizers industry in the past three months, aided by its forecast-topping earnings performance in the last quarter and efforts to boost production capacity. The company’s shares have gained around 50.4% over this… Read More: CF Industries Poised on Capacity Expansion Amid Pricing Woes »
In early trading on Friday, shares of Skyworks Solutions ( SWKS ) topped the list of the day’s best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 12.6%. Year to date, Skyworks Solutions registers a 18.3% gain. And the worst performing S&P 500 component thus far on the day is Bristol-Myers Squibb ( BMY… Read More: S&P 500 Movers: BMY, SWKS »