3M stock climbs after profit beats, and all 4 business segments top revenue forecasts

Shares of 3M Co. climbed 1.5% toward a two-year high in premarket trading Tuesday, after the consumer, health care and industrial products company, which makes Post-it Notes and N95 face masks, reported first-quarter profit and revenue that beat expectations, and affirmed its full-year outlook. Net income increased to $1.62 billion, or $2.77 a share, from $1.31 billion, or $2.27 a share, in the year-ago period. Excluding nonrecurring items, adjusted earnings per share of $2.77 was well...