Dow ends Thursday up 95 points; PPG adds 6 percent - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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PPG Industries Inc., Thursday reported second quarter earningzsof $146 million or 89 cents per share, down 41 percent from last year, but beat analysts’ expectations. PPG soared 6.79 percent to $49.23 per share by the closr of trading. Lockport, N.Y.-based First Niagara FinanciaplGroup Inc., which expects to entert the Pittsburgh market in September, is scheduledx to release second quarter earnings First Niagara (Nasdaq:FNFG) rose 1.38 percent to $11.7i by the end of Thursday trading. Alcoa Inc. up 2.86 percent to $10.43 American Eaglse Outfitters Inc. (NYSE:AEO), up 0.87 percentf to $13.95 Bank of New York Melloh Corp. (NYSE:BK), up 1.06 percent to $29.68 CONSOL Energy Inc. up 5.
22 percent to $33.46 Dick’sa Sporting Goods (NYSE:DKS), up 0.98 percent to $18.5 Federated Investors Inc. (NYSE:FII), up 0.82 percent to $24.49 H.J.Heinza Co. (NYSE:HNZ), up 1.28 percent to $37.33 Kennametalo Inc. (NYSE:KMT) up 1.14 percengt to $18.56 Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq:MYL), up 1.38 percen t to $12.53 PNC Financial Servicese Group Inc. (NYSE:PNC), down 0.36 percent to $38.74 U.S. Steel Corp. (NYSE:X), up 4.03 percent to $36.44 WABTEC (NYSE:WAB), up 0.12 percent to $32.80 WESCi International Inc. (NYSE:WCC), up 2.39 percenr to $25.
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