<p>BlackBerry Ltd (Nasdaq: BBRY) shares soared over 7 percent in pre-market trade on Monday after the company said its board of directors has formed a special committee to explore strategic alternatives, including going private.</p><p>BlackBerry Limited is expected to report earnings on September 26, for the fiscal quarter ending August 2013. The consensus EPS forecast for the quarter is a loss of 15 cents per share, compared with an EPS loss of 45 cents in the year ago period, according to analysts polled by Zacks Investment Research.</p><p>As of 10:00 a.m. Eastern, shares of BlackBerry Ltd jumped 6.25 percent to $10.38 in morning trade.</p><p>SYSCO Corporation (NYSE: SYY) reported fiscal fourth quarter profit fell 8.5 percent as the food distributor posted a profit of $283 million, or 47 cents a share, down from $309.3 million, or 53 cents a share, a year earlier. Wall Street expected the company to report fourth-quarter EPS of 55 cents on revenue of $11.63 billion, according to analysts polled by Reuters.</p><p>SYSCO Corporation fell 5.43 percent to $33.11 in early trade.</p><p>The Dow Jones industrial average fell 29.13 points, or 0.19 percent, at 15,396.38. The S&P 500 was down 3.15 points, or 0.19 percent, at 1,688.32. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 4.52 points, or 0.12 percent, at 3,664.39.</p>
