7 Stocks you need to know for Thursday

An uptick in Chinese factory production powered US shares higher on the day. Momentum follow through from yesterday's optimistic Fed words was counteracted by a climbing Greenback. This prevented a strong rally with shares only closing modestly positive. The DJIA closed up 44.29, the tech heavy Nasdaq added 15.82, and the broad based S&P 500 climbed 5.56.

Here are 7 stocks
you need to know for Thursday.

Agilent Technologies (A | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) is expecting an EPS of 23 cents for its fiscal fourth quarter before the open.

51job Inc (JOBS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) has its hopes pinned on an EPS of 7 cents prior to the trading day.

79 cents/share is the forecast figure for Maximus' (MMS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) fiscal fourth quarter 2009 announced before the bell.

Rand Logistics (RLOG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) has traders looking for a fiscal second quarter 2010 EPS of 26 cents/share.

Banco de Chile (BCH | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) is awaiting an EPS of 75 cents after the close.
A loss of 13 cents/share is the hoped for results for Lime Energy (LIME | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) after the closing bell.