Carnival, Smart Global rise; Genworth, Lamb Weston fall

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday:

Genworth Financial Inc., down 13 cents to $3.38.

The insurer pulled the plug on its long-delayed $2.7 billion sale to China Oceanwide Holdings Group.

News Corp, down 14 cents $26.42.

The owner of The Wall Street Journal and HarperCollins is offering $750 million in senior notes.

Accenture Plc., up 94 cents to $282.57.

The consulting company bought cloud analytics company Core Compete.

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc., down $2.93 to $77.99.

The frozen french fry maker reported weak fiscal third-quarter profits.

Smart Global Holdings, up $5.84 to $54.55.

The chipmaker's fiscal second-quarter profit beat Wall Street forecasts.

Carnival Corp., up 40 cents to $29.

The cruise line operator gave investors an encouraging update on its first-quarter finances and bookings.

BlackBerry Ltd., down 8 cents to 8.91.

Choppy trading weighed down the cybersecurity company despite a deal with Volvo Group for use of its software.

Simply Good Foods Co., up 32 cents $31.48.

The Denver-based maker of Atkins-brand nutrition bars and shakes reported good second-quarter results.

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Companies Mentioned in This Article

CompanyMarketRank™Current PricePrice ChangeDividend YieldP/E RatioConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target
News (NWSA)
2.869 of 5 stars
$24.22+0.0%0.83%60.55Buy$29.50
Lamb Weston (LW)
4.9334 of 5 stars
$83.85+0.4%1.72%11.19Buy$117.40
Carnival Co. & (CCL)
4.9134 of 5 stars
$15.08-0.7%N/A58.00Moderate Buy$21.47
Genworth Financial (GNW)
3.2261 of 5 stars
$5.99-0.3%N/A-599,000.00Hold$7.00
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