• SunTrust Banks Inc (NYSE:STI) increased 5.9% after the bank posted good earnings number resulting from lower loan-loss provisions, beating analysts’ estimates

• Share prices of BB&T Corp (NYSE:BBT) rose 4.8% after its revenue increased by 12%

• Share prices of Drug maker Hospira (NYSE:HSP), the sole manufacturer of drugs through which death penalty executions are carried out decreased 0.7% after the company has announced to permanently halt its production. The shares of the company closed at $55.24

• Share prices of Warner Music Group (NYSE:WMG)   rocketed up 27% to $6.01 amid reports of selling a part of its business and enlisting the task of finding probable buyers to Goldman Sachs

• Hewlett-Packard Co’s (NYSE:HPQ) share price rose 1% after the company reporting of replacing four board members and adding a new member. The list of new appointees includes the name of Meg Whitman, former chief executive officer of e-Bay

 
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