Here is another batch of stock briefings which may affect stock trading as the markets continue today.

The following listed companies should see some movement: Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Toyota Motor Company (NYSE:TM), BP plc (NYSE:BP).

Here is a more detailed look at the news that will affect each company when trading continues.

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)

The worst month in auto-history left a number of car manufacturers, including Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), asking whether this is the bottom of the slump. Though auto sales were down and still declining in August relative to August of last year, one analyst says the auto market has hit bottom.

Scott Painter, chief executive officer of TrueCar.com, an automotive-sales data-marketing company, says this was the worst August for the auto industry in 28 years, which signals the worst might already be behind for Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) and its friends.

Toyota Motor Company (NYSE:TM)

Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) posted abysmal U.S. sales for August.

The Japanese automaker, plagued by recalls, says adjusted sales were 31.4 percent lower than August last year.

But with all of the company’s recalls, no one was expecting outstanding sales.

Also, Toyota’s (NYSE:TM) Cash for Clunkers program helped sales of smaller Toyota cars like the Corolla and Camry sedans, so fair comparison with August 2009 become difficult to make.

BP plc (NYSE:BP)

BP Plc (NYSE:BP) said it expects to remove the failed blowout preventer from its Gulf of Mexico oil well by Saturday or Sunday and later plug the leak for good, the top U.S. official overseeing the spill response said on Wednesday.

“We believe in the next 24 to 36 hours, we will enter a weather window that will allow us to proceed,” retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen said at a press release earlier this week in Houston.

We could possibly see more movement when trading continues for Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Toyota Motor Company (NYSE:TM) and BP plc (NYSE:BP).