Update on Alcoa's End-Market 2012 Guidance ...

Alcoa (AA) made some changes to its 2012 end-market Y/Y growth projections. 

• Upped growth estimate in the automotive space in North America to 10% - 14%, from 7% - 12%. 
• North American heavy trucks & trailers lowered to 4% - 8%, from 7% - 12%.
• Beverage can packaging market in North America was upped slightly to basically no growth from an initial projection of a decline.
• 5% sales decline projection for the commercial building and construction market in North America was maintained.
• No adjustments were made to projections for Europe.
• The lowered projection within the heavy trucks & trailers market to a decline between 3% and 8%, from growth between 0% and 5%, was the only change made for China.
• Upped outlook on global production within the automotive market by 1% on the low and high end of initial outlook range provided in Q1; lowered its global production estimate of heavy trucks & trailers to (3%) - 1% from 1% - 5%. 

The stock is up 4c in AH.