Stock Moving High on News: Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), the Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR), Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE:PM)

New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/22/2013 -- Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) was upgraded to an outperform rating by Macquarie Capital on Thursday morning. Electronic Arts (EA) recently declared the availability of its latest first-person shooter game Crysis 3 at retail stores and Origin.com in North America. The game is offered on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 from Microsoft (MSFT) and Sony (SNE), respectively. Crysis 3 will be released in Europe on Feb 22, 2013.

In the last trading session, Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) jumped +0.92% and closed at $17.64 with the total traded volume of 10.89 million shares. Stock hit a new 52 weeks high price of $17.92.

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Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) reported that it will participate in the 2013 Citi Global Health Care Conference on Monday, Feb. 25, at the Hilton New York Hotel in New York, NY. Alex Gorsky, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, will represent the Company as the keynote speaker, and is planned to present at 11:55 a.m. (Eastern).

In the last trading session, Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) gained +0.29% to close at $76.87 and its overall traded volume was 9.47 million shares. JNJ has market cap of 213.03 billion.

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The Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR) reported that it will host a conference call with investors on Thursday, March 7 at 10 a.m. (ET) to discuss financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012.

The Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR) reported the gain of +3.94% and closed at $28.76 in the last trading session with the total traded volume of 9.01 million shares more than the average volume of 3.64 million. KR has earnings per share of $1.36 and its price to earnings ratio ended at 21.22. KR has market cap of 14.91 billion.

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Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE:PM) moved up +1.13% and closed at $93.13 in the last trading session and its total traded volume was 5.99 million shares. PM has market cap of 155.58 billion and its beta value stands at 0.86 times. PMI’s subsidiaries and affiliates and their licensees are engaged in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products in markets outside of the United States of America.

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