Stocks To Watch For August 11 (DIS, CSCO, AFL, LDK)

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Walt Disney Co DIS reported a 40% increase in its FQ3 profit after the closing bell on Tuesday. The profit was driven by improved results at ESPN, along with the higher-than-expected box-office proceeds from "Toy Story 3," "Iron Man 2" and "Alice In Wonderland." DIS’ shares gained 0.91% to $35.61 in after-hours trading. Wall Street expects Cisco Systems Inc CSCO to post its Q4 EPS at $0.42. CSCO’s shares moved up 0.25% to $24.37 in the after-hours trading session. The board of Aflac Inc AFL has raised the quarterly dividend by 7.1% to $0.30 per share. The company has also resumed its share buyback program that was suspended in the fourth quarter of 2008. AFL’s shares rose 0.61% to $51.20 in after-hours trading. LDK Solar Co Ltd LDK swung to net income of $0.36 per American Depositary share (ADS) in Q2, from a loss of $2.03 per ADS in the year-ago period. LDK’s shares jumped 5.09% to $7.85 in the after-hours trading session. Read more from Benzinga's Company news. See Some of the Top Moving Indexes Here.
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