Companies reporting quarterly earnings Tuesday included:
Merck & Co. Inc., the New Jersey-based drug company, a profit of $687 million, or 24 cents a share, down from $2 billion, or 68 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue fell 11 percent to $9.79 billion. Shares rose 53 cents to close at $57.52.
Pfizer Inc., the New Yorkbased drug company, a profit of $2.63 billion, or 42 cents a share, down from $2.91 billion, or 45 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue fell 7 percent to $11.85 billion. Shares rose $1.01 to close at $35.35.
DuPont Co., the chemicalmaker, a profit of $940 million, or $1.03 per share, down from $1.07 billion, or $1.15 per share, a year ago. Revenue fell 11 percent to $8.6 billion. Shares fell 83 cents to close at $55.90.
Reynolds American Inc., the nation’s second-biggest tobacco company, a profit of $1.93 billion, or $3.38 per share, up from $492 million, or 92 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue rose 11.1 percent to $2.4 billion. Shares rose $5.01 to close at $84.20.