Montreal-based engineering and construction company SNC-Lavalin (TSE:SNC) is maintaining its outlook for 2013 despite lower earnings for the first quarter, announced Thursday along with a three-part strategic plan designed to focus on growth in its resources segment, after a year overshadowed by an ongoing bribery scandal. 

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), the world’s biggest manufacturer of mining and construction equipment, reported a weaker-than-expected first quarter profit and cut its forecast for 2013 as its mining clients slowed down orders. The company said it will resume repurchasing the stock in the second quarter and expects repurchases of about $1 billion.

Alcoa (NYSE:AA), the world’s biggest aluminum producer by revenue, said profit gained in the first quarter, beating analyst estimates, but sales dropped 3 percent, coming in short of forecasts. 

Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F) gained as much as 3 percent to $13.38 in New York on Monday after the second-largest U.S. automaker reported deliveries in China soared more than 40 percent during the first two months of the year.

Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) Monday saw its shares rise in premarket trading, despite a 55 per cent drop in fourth quarter profits on a previously announced goodwill impairment charge.