Praxair, Inc. (PX.N)

PX.N on New York Stock Exchange

82.51USD
9 Dec 2009
Price Change (% chg)

$1.36 (+1.68%)
Prev Close
$81.15
Open
$81.53
Day's High
$82.61
Day's Low
$80.53
Volume
556,300
Avg. Vol
1,374,624
52-wk High
$86.07
52-wk Low
$53.35

PX.N

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About

Praxair, Inc. (Praxair) is an industrial gas supplier in North and South America. Praxair's primary products for its industrial gases business are atmospheric gases (oxygen, nitrogen, argon, rare gases) and process gases (carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, electronic gases, specialty gases, acetylene). The Company also designs,... (more)

Overall

Beta: 0.85
Market Cap (Mil.): $25,314.84
Shares Outstanding (Mil.): 306.81
Annual Dividend: 1.60
Yield (%): 1.94

Financials

  PX.N Industry Sector
P/E (TTM): 23.09 0.23 7.64
EPS (TTM): -13.48 -- --
ROI: 10.09 0.01 0.03
ROE: 22.33 0.06 0.01
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UPDATE 3-Motiva Texas hydrogen unit shut after blast

HOUSTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - A hydrogen plant operated by Praxair Inc at Motiva Enterprises' 285,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas, refinery was shut on Tuesday after an explosion and fire, according to a Praxair spokeswoman.

08 Dec 2009

NYMEX-Crude trims losses on big API stock drawdown

NEW YORK, Dec 8 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures trimmed losses after industry data showed a surprise drawdown in domestic crude inventories last week.

08 Dec 2009

NYMEX-Crude down a 5th day on dollar, recovery woes

NEW YORK, Dec 8 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures ended lower for the fifth day in a row on Tuesday, the longest losing streak since late October, pressured by the stronger dollar and concerns about the strength of economic recovery.

08 Dec 2009

UPDATE 2-Motiva Texas hydrogen unit shut after blast

(Updates with shut plant responsible for all refinery's hydrogen)

08 Dec 2009

New Issue-Praxair Inc sells $400 mln in 3-yr notes

Nov 10 (Reuters) - Praxair Inc sold $400 million of notes on Tuesday, said IFR, a Thomson Reuters service.

10 Nov 2009

UPDATE 2-Praxair profit drops 8 percent, beats Street

(Adds industry background, executive comment, cost cuts)

28 Oct 2009

UPDATE 2-Air Products posts lower quarterly profit

* Shares down 0.4 percent (Adds analyst commentary, additional earnings information, byline; updates stock movement.)

21 Oct 2009

Chemical makers seen poised to beat expectations

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. chemical makers are poised to post stronger-than-expected third-quarter earnings, but demand for their products could cool later this year as government stimulus programs unwind, industry experts say.

14 Oct 2009

PREVIEW-US chemical makers seen poised to beat expectations

* Worry gov't programs may have pulled demand forward (Updates with more earnings release dates)

14 Oct 2009

New Issue-Praxair sells $400 mln in 6-year notes

Aug 27 (Reuters) - Praxair Inc on Thursday sold $400 million of six-year notes, said IFR, a Thomson Reuters service.

27 Aug 2009

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