Halliburton shares rose 2.1% to $47.85 on the New York Stock Exchange as the company beat analysts’ expectations. Excluding special charges, first-quarter profit was 49 cents a share. Revenue fell 4% to $7.1 billion. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters were expecting earnings of 37 cents a share and revenue of $6.96 billion.
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