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Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) decreased -2.94%, to close at $39.55 and its overall traded volume was 12.58M shares during the last session against its average volume of 10.98M. HAL opened the day at $40.98, it made an intraday low of $39.32 and an intraday high of $41.08. The stock has a 52 week low of $21.10 and 52 week high of $41.73. HAL’s market capitalization is 35.97B and it has 909.53M outstanding shares. Halliburton Company provides a variety of services and products to customers in the energy industry related to the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas. The Company serves oil and natural gas companies throughout the world and operates under two segments: the Completion and Production segment, and the Drilling and Evaluation segment. It conducts business worldwide in approximately 70 countries. The business operations of its divisions are organized in four primary geographic regions: North America, Latin America, Europe/Africa/CIS, and Middle East/Asia. In September 2010, the Company acquired Boots & Coots, Inc. In September 2010, the Company acquired The Permedia Research Group.

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) increased 0.84%, to close at $63.35 and its overall traded volume was 12.35M shares during the last session against its average volume of 10.16M. JNJ opened the day at $63.13, it made an intraday low of $62.75 and an intraday high of $63.35. The stock has a 52 week low of $56.86 and 52 week high of $66.20. JNJ’s market capitalization is 173.98B and it has 2.75B outstanding shares. Johnson & Johnson is engaged in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the health care field. The Company operates in three business segments: Consumer, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Devices and Diagnostics. In July 2009, Johnson & Johnson completed the acquisition of Cougar Biotechnology, Inc. with approximately 95.9% interest in Cougar Biotechnology’s outstanding common stock. In September 2009, Elan Corporation, plc and Johnson & Johnson announced that JANSSEN Alzheimer Immunotherapy, a newly formed subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets and rights of Elan related to its Alzheimer’s Immunotherapy Program (AIP). In March 2010, Hypermarcas SA acquired 99.99% of Versoix Participacoes Ltda from the Company. In September 2010, the Company acquired Micrus Endovascular, a global developer and manufacturer of minimally invasive devices for hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke.

ProShares UltraShort QQQ (ETF) (NYSE:QID) increased 0.09%, to close at $11.28 and its overall traded volume was 12.16M shares during the last session against its average volume of 9.40M. QID opened the day at $11.18, it made an intraday low of $11.17 and an intraday high of $11.43. The stock has a 52 week low of $4.96 and 52 week high of $22.15. QID’s market capitalization is 672.57M and it has 59.62M outstanding shares. ProShares UltraShort QQQ (the Fund), formerly UltraShort QQQ ProShares, seeks daily investment results that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index (the Index). The Index includes 100 of the largest non-financial domestic and international issues listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market. To be eligible for inclusion companies cannot be in bankruptcy proceedings and must meet certain additional criteria, including minimum trading volume and seasoning requirements. The Index is calculated under a modified capitalization-weighted methodology. The Fund takes positions in securities and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar daily return characteristics as -200% of the daily return of the index. The Index is a price return index. The Fund’s investment advisor is ProShare Advisors LLC.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) increased 0.38%, to close at $54.77 and its overall traded volume was 12.15M shares during the last session against its average volume of 11.23M. WMT opened the day at $54.61, it made an intraday low of $54.28 and an intraday high of $54.88. The stock has a 52 week low of $47.77 and 52 week high of $56.27. WMT’s market capitalization is 195.09B and it has 3.56B outstanding shares. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Walmart) operates retail stores. The Company operates in three business segments: Walmart U.S., International and Sam’s Club. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2010 (fiscal 2010), The Walmart U.S. segment accounted for 63.8% of its net sales, and operated retail stores in different formats in the United States, as well as Walmart’s online retail operations, walmart.com. The International segment consists of retail operations in 14 countries and Puerto Rico. During fiscal 2010, the segment generated 24.7% of the Company’s net sales. The International segment includes different formats of retail stores and restaurants, including discount stores, supercenters and Sam’s Clubs that operate outside the United States. The Sam’s Club segment consists of membership warehouse clubs in the United States and the segment’s online retail operations, samsclub.com. During fiscal 2010, Sam’s Club accounted for 11.5% of its net sales.

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR.A) decreased -0.18%, to close at $33.26 and its overall traded volume was 11.99M shares during the last session against its average volume of 7.41M. PBR.A opened the day at $32.71, it made an intraday low of $32.34 and an intraday high of $33.27. The stock has a 52 week low of $27.37 and 52 week high of $43.99. PBR.A’s market capitalization is 161.99B and it has 4.87B outstanding shares. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) is an integrated oil and gas company. The Company operates in five segments: exploration and production; refining, transportation and marketing; distribution; gas and power, and international. The exploration and production segment includes oil and gas exploration, development and production in Brazil. The refining, transportation and marketing segment includes downstream activities in Brazil, including refining, logistics, transportation, oil products and crude oil exports and imports, petrochemicals and fertilizers. The distribution segment includes distribution of oil products through the BR retail network in Brazil. The gas and power segment includes gas transportation and distribution, electric power generation using natural gas and renewable energy sources. The international segment includes exploration and production, refining, transportation and marketing, distribution and gas and power operations outside of Brazil.