Halliburton Earnings Beat Views. Oilfield Services Giant Rising From Key Level.

Halliburton (HAL) reported lower first-quarter earnings and revenue early Tuesday that were better than expected for the oilfield services giant. Halliburton stock jumped 4% after the open. Halliburton earnings fell 8% to 55 cents a share, while revenue edged down 0.4% to $5.402 billion. Analysts polled by FactSet expected earnings of 50 cents a share with sales of $5.305 billion.…