Keep an Eye on These 7 Stocks for December 18, 2015

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are:

Wall Street expects Carnival Corp (NYSE: CCL) to report its quarterly earnings at $0.41 per share on revenue of $3.72 billion. Carnival shares rose 0.57 percent to $50.75 in after-hours trading.

Analysts expect BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY) to report a quarterly loss at $0.14 per share on revenue of $489.06 million. BlackBerry shares gained 1.28 percent to $7.90 in after-hours trading.

Red Hat Inc (NYSE: RHT) reported better-than-expected earnings for its fiscal third quarter. Red Hat shares climbed 6.51 percent to $83.93 in the after-hours trading session.

Analysts are expecting CarMax, Inc (NYSE: KMX) to have earned $0.68 per share on revenue of $3.61 billion in the latest quarter. CarMax shares slipped 0.26 percent to $57.00 in after-hours trading.

Corelogic Inc (NYSE: CLGX) announced its plans to acquire FNC Inc for $475 million. Corelogic shares dipped 3.75 percent to close at $35.91 yesterday.

Lennar Corporation (NYSE: LEN) is projected to report its quarterly earnings at $1.12 per share. Lennar shares climbed 2.51 percent to $49.90 in after-hours trading.

Analysts expect Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) to report its quarterly earnings at $0.42 per share on revenue of $1.62 billion. Darden Restaurants shares gained 1.39 percent to $59.20 in after-hours trading.