AT&T Co. remains the stock most widely followed by U.S. analysts, according to an annual survey by Nelson Publications. Runners-up were Time Warner Inc., The Limited Inc., Motorola Inc. and MCI Communications Corp.
Among foreign stocks, Royal Dutch Petroleum was on top for the sixth straight year, beating British Petroleum, Glaxo Wellcome PLC, Northern Telecom Ltd. and SmithKline Beecham PLC.
The oil and energy industries provided the largest number of most closely followed companies both domestically and internationally, the survey said.
