shares of dow inc dow edged up 02 in premarket trading thursday after the chemicals and specialty materials company reported thirdquarter profit and revenue that rose above wall street forecasts amid big jumps in local prices due to tight supply and demand dynamics the company swung to net income of 168 billion or 223 a share from a loss of 25 million or 4 cents a share in the same period a year ago excluding nonrecurring items adjusted earnings per share rose to 275 from 50 cents beating the factset consensus of 256 sales surged 528 to 1484 billion above the factset consensus of 1433 billion packaging and specialty plastics sales grew 695 to 774 billion to beat the factset consensus of 725 billion as local price increased 63 industrial intermediates and infrastructure sales rose 465 to 448 billion vs expectations of 440 billion as local price increased 49 performance materials and coatings sales rose 262 to 253 billion to top expectations of 249 billion as local price increased 23 e continue to see robust endmarket demand that is expected to extend into 2022 coupled with nearterm logistics constraints and low inventory levels across our value chains said chief executive jim fitterling the stock has gained 79 year to date through wednesday while the dow jones industrial average djia has advanced 164