* Government to present proposed mining changes to Congress * Mining industry says investment will be stifled * New projects, not existing mines, would be affected By Mike McDonald GUATEMALA CITY, July ...

Interesting action during the shortened trading week...

Los Angeles Gasoline Falls to Two-Week Low After Supplies Rise

A look at the 10 biggest volume decliners on New York Stock Exchange at the close of trading:Atlas Energy LP : Approximately 46,500 shares changed hands, a 85.6 decrease from its 65-day average volume. ...

A look at the 10 biggest volume gainers on New York Stock Exchange at the close of trading:Amrep Corp. : Approximately 17,800 shares changed hands, a 541.2 percent increase over its 65-day average volume. ...

A look at the 10 biggest volume decliners on Nasdaq at the close of trading:Central BanCorp. : Approximately 100 shares changed hands, a 97.6 decrease from its 65-day average volume. The shares fell $.05 ...

A look at the 10 biggest percentage decliners on New York Stock Exchange at the close of trading:Cato Corp A fell 10.5 percent to $28.39.Feihe International Inc. fell 10.3 percent to $6.19.Goodrich Petroleum ...

A look at the 10 biggest percentage gainers on New York Stock Exchange at the close of trading:Alexander & Baldwin Inc. rose 13.3 percent to $31.16.LeapFrog Enterprises Inc. rose 9.0 percent to $11.38.Cellcom ...

A look at New York Stock Exchange 10 most-active stocks at the close of trading:Bank of America Corp. fell 3.0 percent to $7.82 with 114,220,900 shares traded.Chesapeake Energy Corp. rose 1.4 percent to ...

A look at the 10 biggest percentage decliners on Nasdaq at the close of trading:Natural Alternatives International Inc. fell 15.0 percent to $5.94.Solazyme Inc. fell 10.4 percent to $12.70.First Citizens ...

Shares of some top silver companies were down at the close of trading:Hecla Mining Co. fell $.15 or 3.0 percent, to $4.79.Pan American Silver Corp. fell $.51 or 3.0 percent, to $16.28.Silver Standard Resources ...

Shares of some top oil companies were down at the close of trading:BP PLC fell $.46 or 1.1 percent, to $40.35.Chevron fell $1.34 or 1.2 percent, to $106.03.ConocoPhillips fell $1.13 or 2.0 percent, to ...

Shares of some top gold companies were down at the close of trading:Barrick Gold Corp. fell $.61 or 1.6 percent, to $38.10.Gold Fields fell $.04 or .3 percent, to $12.73.GoldCorp. fell $.44 or 1.1 percent, ...

Shares of some top coal companies were down at the close of trading:Arch Coal fell $.09 or 1.2 percent, to $7.27.Consol Energy Inc. fell $.03 or .1 percent, to $31.16.Peabody Energy fell $.08 or .3 percent, ...

The Fast Money traders share their final trades of the day.

Railroads Appeal Class Certification in Price-Fixing Suit

Wal-Mart Off the Chart

Falling Energy Prices Benefit Variety Of Industries

Canadian stocks stumble Thursday over concerns about global central-bank action to boost flagging economic growth.

(Repeats story issued late on Thursday)By Ed Cropley JOHANNESBURG, July 5 (Reuters) - A major conference of SouthAfrica's ruling African National Congress (ANC) last week wasbilled as the final nail in ...

Anadarko adds another stakeholder to its Lucius project in the Gulf of Mexico operations.

* Beijing Enterprises, others control about 51 pct of ChinaGas shares* Beijing Enterprises and Sinopec working together could endthe stalemate* China Gas shares trading 11pct above offer price* Takeover ...

BP Left Out of Abu Dhabi Bidding, Petroleum Intelligence Says

ISM Services Report Follows Manufacturing And Disappoints

* Shell overtakes Statoil as No. 2 Brazil producer* Petrobras accounts for about 90 pct of output* OGX drops to No. 9, BP rises to No. 8* Brazil output bolstered by sub-salt oil riseRIO DE JANEIRO, July ...

* TSX ends down 96.96 pts, or 0.8 pct, at 11,816.91 * Energy shares lead losses; SXC falls 6 pct * ECB, China, BoE moves fail to lift market * Traders look to Friday's U.S. jobs report By Jon Cook TORONTO, ...

Among the stocks that could see active trade in the Friday session are Xyratex, James River Coal and Netflix.

By Denny Thomas and Charlie ZhuHONG KONG (Reuters) - For Fu Chengyu, the acquisitive chairman of Sinopec Corp (0386.HK: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ), a battle of wits looms on Friday as a ...

ConocoPhillips was a leading decliner within the basic materials sector, falling $1.11 (-2%) to $55.30 on average volume.

Chevron was a leading decliner within the energy industry, falling $1.28 (-1.2%) to $106.09 on light volume.

Eastman Chemical Company was a leading decliner within the chemicals industry, falling 62 cents (-1.2%) to $50.27 on average volume.

Barrick Gold Corporation was a leading decliner within the metals & mining industry, falling 63 cents (-1.6%) to $38.08 on average volume.

Mosaic was a winner within the chemicals industry, rising 42 cents (0.8%) to $56.09 on average volume.

Chesapeake Energy was a winner within the basic materials sector, rising 29 cents (1.5%) to $19.65 on light volume.

* Dozens injured in protests* Protest leader thought to have presidential ambitions* Calls for Humala to shuffle CabinetBy Terry Wade and Marco AquinoLIMA, July 5 (Reuters) - Peruvian lawmakers on Thursdayharshly ...

During trading today, the Utilities sector (XLU) showed little change while the S&P; 500 fell 0.5%.

Take a look at these five stocks that dropped to 52-week lows: While trading on below-average volume, Gevo (NASDAQ:GEVO) dropped today, hitting and then dropping past its previous 52-week low to $4.37....

S&P; 500 Snaps 3-Day Rally on ECB Ahead of Jobs Report

July 5 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil reported a plannedflaring at its 149,500 barrel-per-day refinery in Torrance,Calif., according to a filing with state regulators on Thursday.The filing with the South Coast ...

Asian Investors Take a Breather

Shares of coal miners Patriot Coal and James River Coal traded higher Thursday, continuing a rally in the sector.The stocks have done well this week, after struggling for most of 2012. On Wednesday, the ...

Illustrating The Factors That Affect Dividend Growth Investing

KBR awarded contract by DuPont'sfirst cellulosic plant

The Dow component that led the way higher today was Home Depot (NYSE: HD ), which sported a 48-cent gain (+0.9%) bringing the stock to $52.13. Holding the Dow back today was Chevron (NYSE: CVX ), which ...

Overview -- Global metallurgical coal prices remain under pressure in part because of economic weakness in Europe and slower steel production in China. -- U.S.-based Walter Energy Inc. is likely to post ...

Bovespa Advances as China Demand Speculation Boosts Petrobras

Rockwood Color Pigments and Services announces global price increase on synthetic iron oxide pigment products.

Stocks on Wall Street were mixed, though a late day sell off sent the Nasdaq just about all the way back to unchanged. Stock futures were quiet in premarket trading despite announcements of rate cuts by ...