Earnings report

Companies reporting quarterly earnings Wednesday included:

Boeing Co., a profit of $965 million, or $1.28 a share, down from $1.1 billion, or $1.44 a share, a year ago. Revenue rose 8 percent to $20.47 billion. Shares rose $3.08 to close at $130.63.

Delta Air Lines Inc., a profit of $213 million, or 25 cents a share, up from $7 million, or 1 cent a share, a year ago. Revenue rose 5 percent to $8.92 billion. Shares rose $2.14 to close at $37.09.

General Dynamics Corp., the U.S. government’s No. 3 contractor, a profit of $595 million, or $1.71 a share, up from $571 million, or $1.62a share, a year ago. Revenue fell 1.1 percent to $7.32 billion. Shares rose $3.54 to close at $111.58.

Procter & Gamble, a profit of $2.61 billion, or 90 cents a share, up from $2.57 billion, or 88 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue totaled $20.56 billion. Shares fell 25 cents to close at $80.63.

Reynolds American Inc., the nation’s second-biggest tobacco company, a profit of $363 million, or 67 cents a share, down from $508 million, or 92 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue rose to $1.94 billion. Shares fell $1.61 to close at $53.40.

Business, Pages 26 on 04/24/2014

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