U.S. stock-index futures fell slightly on Tuesday, as better-than-expected results from Microsoft (MSFT) fed into a bullish mood following signals from New York Fed President John Williams that the U.S. central bank was set to cut interest rates this month.
Global Stocks:
Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
Nikkei | 21,466.99 | +420.75 | +2.00% |
Hang Seng | 28,765.40 | +303.74 | +1.07% |
Shanghai | 2,924.20 | +23.02 | +0.79% |
S&P/ASX | 6,700.30 | +51.20 | +0.77% |
FTSE | 7,499.10 | +6.01 | +0.08% |
CAC | 5,561.41 | +10.86 | +0.20% |
DAX | 12,243.41 | +15.56 | +0.13% |
Crude oil | $55.88 | +1.10% | |
Gold | $1,436.10 | +0.56% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
3M Co | MMM | 173.5 | 0.44(0.25%) | 413 |
ALCOA INC. | AA | 23.18 | -0.23(-0.98%) | 17249 |
ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 50.69 | 0.16(0.32%) | 4587 |
Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 1,992.01 | 14.11(0.71%) | 28091 |
American Express Co | AXP | 127.4 | -1.00(-0.78%) | 96703 |
Apple Inc. | AAPL | 205.93 | 0.27(0.13%) | 106658 |
AT&T Inc | T | 33.24 | 0.15(0.45%) | 10421 |
Boeing Co | BA | 369.15 | 8.04(2.23%) | 75019 |
Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 134.25 | 0.39(0.29%) | 2717 |
Chevron Corp | CVX | 125.1 | 0.42(0.34%) | 641 |
Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 57.6 | -0.14(-0.24%) | 18441 |
Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 71.8 | 0.01(0.01%) | 75760 |
Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 74.5 | -0.34(-0.45%) | 11693 |
Facebook, Inc. | FB | 202 | 1.22(0.61%) | 38239 |
FedEx Corporation, NYSE | FDX | 165.75 | 0.37(0.22%) | 711 |
Ford Motor Co. | F | 10.29 | 0.03(0.29%) | 38639 |
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 11.45 | 0.30(2.69%) | 308626 |
Goldman Sachs | GS | 214.5 | -0.02(-0.01%) | 12385 |
Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,146.11 | -0.22(-0.02%) | 2289 |
International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 149.5 | -0.13(-0.09%) | 8193 |
International Paper Company | IP | 42.91 | 0.41(0.96%) | 321 |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 132 | -0.07(-0.05%) | 1560 |
JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 114.78 | 0.11(0.10%) | 106849 |
McDonald's Corp | MCD | 216.5 | 0.59(0.27%) | 4199 |
Merck & Co Inc | MRK | 82.99 | 0.30(0.36%) | 530 |
Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 140.1 | 3.68(2.70%) | 864284 |
Nike | NKE | 87.7 | 0.26(0.30%) | 787 |
Pfizer Inc | PFE | 43.22 | 0.16(0.37%) | 286 |
Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 115.6 | 0.16(0.14%) | 1569 |
Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 254.99 | 1.45(0.57%) | 55487 |
The Coca-Cola Co | KO | 52 | -0.03(-0.06%) | 7245 |
Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 37.84 | 0.18(0.48%) | 8940 |
Visa | V | 181.4 | 0.87(0.48%) | 18528 |
Walt Disney Co | DIS | 142 | 0.37(0.26%) | 12849 |
Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 39.76 | 0.15(0.38%) | 5764 |
Travelers (TRV) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Buckingham Research; target $158
Alcoa (AA) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies; target lowered to $23 from $29
Alcoa (AA) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Argus
American Intl (AIG) upgraded to Outperform at William Blair
American Express (AXP) reported Q2 FY 2019 earnings of $2.07 per share (versus $1.84 in Q2 FY 2018), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $2.02.
The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $10.838 bln (+8.4% y/y), generally in line with analysts’ consensus estimate of $10.825 bln.
The company also reaffirmed guidance for FY 2019, projecting EPS of $7.85-8.35 (versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $8.09) and revenues of +8-10% y/y to ~$43.6-44.4 bln (versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $43.57 bln).
AXP fell to $127.60 (-0.62%) in pre-market trading.
Microsoft (MSFT) reported Q2 FY 2019 earnings of $1.37 per share (versus $1.14 in Q2 FY 2018), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $1.21.
The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $33.717 bln (+12.1% y/y), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $32.797 bln.
MSFT rose to $140.43 (+2.94%) in pre-market trading.
Index | Change, points | Closed | Change, % |
---|---|---|---|
NIKKEI 225 | -422.94 | 21046.24 | -1.97 |
Hang Seng | -131.51 | 28461.66 | -0.46 |
KOSPI | -5.95 | 2066.55 | -0.29 |
ASX 200 | -24.2 | 6649.1 | -0.36 |
FTSE 100 | -42.37 | 7493.09 | -0.56 |
DAX | -113.18 | 12227.85 | -0.92 |
Dow Jones | 3.12 | 27222.97 | 0.01 |
S&P 500 | 10.69 | 2995.11 | 0.36 |
NASDAQ Composite | 22.03 | 8207.24 | 0.27 |