Fluor Corp. shares fell in the extended session Thursday after the engineering and construction company reported an unexpected quarterly loss and cut its outlook for the year. Fluor shares fell 9.4% to $39.75 after hours. The company reported a second-quarter loss of $24 million, or 17 cents a share, compared to net income of $101.8 million, or 73 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue declined to $4.72 billion from $4.86 billion in the year-ago period. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had estimated earnings of 60 cents a share on revenue of $4.89 billion. For the year, Fluor lowered estimated earnings to a range of $1.40 to $1.70 a share, down from a range of $2.25 to $2.75 a share. Analysts had estimated $2.42 a share.
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