Calgon Carbon, Health Management, Masco, Ultra Clean: U.S. Equity Preview

Shares of the following companies may have unusual moves in U.S. trading tomorrow. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of 6:04 p.m. in New York.

Standard & Poor’s 500 Index futures expiring in March fell 0.2 percent to 1,346.5.

Calgon Carbon Corp. (CCC) declined 3.7 percent to $15.76. The Pittsburgh-based water-purification company said fourth-quarter earnings will be hurt by expenses on equipment failures.

Health Management Associates Inc. (HMA) rose 2.9 percent to $7.10. The operator of acute-care hospitals reported fourth- quarter earnings of 26 cents a share, excluding some items, beating the average analyst estimate of 21 cents.

Lender Processing Services Inc. (LPS) : The provider of mortgage-processing services to lenders forecast first-quarter earnings of no more than 55 cents a share, excluding some items, missing the average analyst estimate of 61 cents.

Masco Corp. (MAS) declined 3.8 percent to $12.73. The home improvement and building products maker reported a fourth- quarter loss from continuing operations of 9 cents a share, wider than the average analyst estimate of a loss of 2 cents.

Seattle Genetics Inc. (SGEN) : The developer of cancer drugs reported a fourth-quarter loss of 24 cents a share, beating the average analyst estimate of a loss of 29 cents.

Ultra Clean Holdings Inc. (UCTT) jumped 14 percent to $8.96. The supplier of equipment to semiconductor makers said first-quarter earnings will be at least 15 cents a share, beating the average analyst estimate of 9 cents.

Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. (YGE US): The Chinese maker of solar-power modules agreed to buy $100 million of solar materials from DuPont Co. (DD) .

To contact the reporter on this story: Katia Porzecanski in New York at kporzecansk1@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Nick Baker at nbaker7@bloomberg.net.

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