Diebold, Force Protection, R.R. Donnelley: U.S. Equity Preview

By Lu Wang

Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies may have unusual price changes in U.S. trading tomorrow. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are as of 5:45 p.m. in New York, unless otherwise specified.

Standard & Poor's 500 Index futures expiring in December added 48.60, or 4.3 percent, to 1,167.40. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures gained 387, or 3.7 percent, to 10,861. Nasdaq-100 Index futures rose 82.25, or 5.4 percent, to 1,594.25.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (APC US): The second-largest independent U.S. oil and natural-gas producer said it made a so- called pre-salt discovery at the Wahoo prospect offshore Brazil in the Campos Basin. The stock rose 8.1 percent to $48.51 in regular trading.

Diebold Inc. (DBD US) gained $1.04, or 3.1 percent, to $34.15. The teller-machine maker said it targets 2008 earnings excluding certain items of as much as $2.45 a share, or 15 cents higher than an August forecast.

Force Protection Inc. (FRPT US) rose 31 cents, or 12 percent, to $2.99. The Ladson, South Carolina-based maker of blast-resistant trucks said it had a backlog of 763 trucks as of June 30.

Rockwell Automation Inc. (ROK US): The world's largest maker of factory automation products said it will cut about 3 percent of its workforce, or 600 employees, to reduce costs and take a $50 million fourth-quarter pretax charge. The stock rose 6.7 percent to $37.34 in regular trading.

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. (RRD US): The largest North American printer said it won an $875 million contract from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co. The stock rose 4 percent to $24.53 in regular trading.

To contact the reporter on this story: Lu Wang in New York at lwang8@bloomberg.net