Chevron Corporation (CVX) Earnings Drop On Refining

Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) released its earnings numbers for the three months through September this morning after the market closed on Wall Street. The oil company showed earnings of $2.57, well below the expectations of analysts. The company's stock was flat in pre-market trading after the release of this morning's report.

In the run up to the quarterly release, Wall Street was expecting Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) to show earnings per share of $2.71 for the third quarter of the year. The 14 cent miss was not taken all that seriously by the market this morning it...