Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Friday.
Bloom Energyan upgrade to overweight from neutral by JPMorgan. The bank said there’s a buying opportunity after a recent selloff.
Foot Lockertanked 25.7% after it missed both top and bottom lines during the fiscal first-quarter. The company also reduced its full-year outlook, citing a “tough macroeconomic backdrop.” Dick’s Sporting Goods
Occidental Petroleum — Shares of the Houston-based oil and gas producer rose nearly 2%. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway bought more shares on each of the last six trading days, boosting its stake to 24.4%. Buffett has ruled out the possibility to take full control of Occidental.
Western AlliancePacWest — shares of the regional banks dipped more than 4% each, giving back some of their sharp gains from this week. Despite the losses, Western Alliance and PacWest are still up more than 20%.
— CNBC’s Hakyung Kim, Alex Harring, Yun Li and Sarah Min contributed reporting