U.S. stock-index futures rose modestly on Thursday, giving up early gains, after the release of grim jobless claims data.
Global Stocks:
| Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
| Nikkei | 17,818.72 | -246.69 | -1.37% |
| Hang Seng | 23,280.06 | +194.27 | +0.84% |
| Shanghai | 2,780.64 | +46.12 | +1.69% |
| S&P/ASX | 5,154.30 | -104.30 | -1.98% |
| FTSE | 5,464.97 | +10.40 | +0.19% |
| CAC | 4,200.89 | -6.35 | -0.15% |
| DAX | 9,478.39 | -66.36 | -0.70% |
| Crude oil | $22.18 | | +9.21% |
| Gold | $1,617.40 | | +1.63% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
| ALCOA INC. | AA | 6.32 | 0.07(1.12%) | 47364 |
| 3M Co | MMM | 133.11 | -0.03(-0.02%) | 5059 |
| ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 37.4 | -0.21(-0.56%) | 15695 |
| Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 1,910.12 | 2.42(0.13%) | 39177 |
| American Express Co | AXP | 78.01 | 0.60(0.78%) | 33659 |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP | AIG | 21.9 | 0.29(1.34%) | 10879 |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL | 241.53 | 0.62(0.26%) | 488925 |
| AT&T Inc | T | 28.2 | 0.15(0.53%) | 99537 |
| Boeing Co | BA | 131.47 | 0.77(0.59%) | 703293 |
| Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 112.88 | 1.53(1.37%) | 6339 |
| Chevron Corp | CVX | 72.9 | 4.34(6.33%) | 146468 |
| Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 38 | 0.03(0.08%) | 118021 |
| Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 38.45 | -0.06(-0.16%) | 124682 |
| E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co | DD | 34.4 | 1.88(5.78%) | 1301 |
| Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 39.3 | 1.77(4.72%) | 488627 |
| Facebook, Inc. | FB | 159.71 | 0.11(0.07%) | 90439 |
| FedEx Corporation, NYSE | FDX | 114 | 0.52(0.46%) | 4031 |
| Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 6.45 | 0.14(2.22%) | 95957 |
| Ford Motor Co. | F | 4.45 | 0.05(1.14%) | 598030 |
| General Electric Co | GE | 7.15 | 0.11(1.56%) | 552849 |
| General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 19.3 | 0.04(0.21%) | 27409 |
| Goldman Sachs | GS | 145.01 | -0.28(-0.19%) | 8194 |
| Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,111.13 | 5.51(0.50%) | 13027 |
| Hewlett-Packard Co. | HPQ | 14.98 | 0.14(0.94%) | 8061 |
| Home Depot Inc | HD | 177.26 | -1.37(-0.77%) | 15940 |
| Intel Corp | INTC | 51.57 | -0.31(-0.60%) | 93176 |
| International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 105.24 | 0.10(0.10%) | 15905 |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 129.6 | 0.79(0.61%) | 15224 |
| JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 84.81 | 0.45(0.53%) | 152813 |
| McDonald's Corp | MCD | 158.83 | 0.66(0.42%) | 15158 |
| Merck & Co Inc | MRK | 73.95 | 0.15(0.20%) | 3415 |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 152.55 | 0.44(0.29%) | 472581 |
| Nike | NKE | 79.4 | 0.17(0.21%) | 128316 |
| Pfizer Inc | PFE | 31.95 | 0.20(0.63%) | 12856 |
| Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 109.79 | 0.46(0.42%) | 4459 |
| Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 63.34 | 0.72(1.15%) | 72598 |
| Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 482.96 | 1.40(0.29%) | 294017 |
| The Coca-Cola Co | KO | 42.36 | 0.24(0.57%) | 55824 |
| Travelers Companies Inc | TRV | 95.7 | 0.50(0.53%) | 1226 |
| Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 23.5 | 0.18(0.77%) | 63417 |
| United Technologies Corp | UTX | 91.01 | -0.36(-0.39%) | 4289 |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 237 | -0.32(-0.13%) | 5242 |
| Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 53.02 | 0.10(0.19%) | 18887 |
| Visa | V | 153.7 | 0.59(0.39%) | 30622 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 114.25 | 0.11(0.10%) | 11099 |
| Walt Disney Co | DIS | 95.5 | 0.58(0.61%) | 238313 |
| Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 32.99 | 0.56(1.73%) | 1701 |
Lyft (LYFT) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Daiwa Securities; target lowered to $28
Walt Disney (DIS) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Guggenheim
Travelers (TRV) upgraded to Mkt Perform from Underperform at Keefe Bruyette
Walt Disney (DIS) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Atlantic Equities; target lowered to $119
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) reported Q2 FY 2020 earnings of $1.52 per share (versus $1.64 per share in Q2 FY 2019), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $1.46 per share.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $35.820 bln (+3.7% y/y), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $35.245 bln.
The company also said it would continue to closely assess the COVID-19 situation and would provide further updates in the next earnings report when both the potential positive and negative effects of the pandemic would be known in more detail.
WBA rose to $44.95 (+4.46%) in pre-market trading.
| Index | Change, points | Closed | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIKKEI 225 | -851.6 | 18065.41 | -4.5 |
| Hang Seng | -517.69 | 23085.79 | -2.19 |
| KOSPI | -69.18 | 1685.46 | -3.94 |
| ASX 200 | 181.8 | 5258.6 | 3.58 |
| FTSE 100 | -217.39 | 5454.57 | -3.83 |
| DAX | -391.09 | 9544.75 | -3.94 |
| CAC 40 | -188.88 | 4207.24 | -4.3 |
| Dow Jones | -973.65 | 20943.51 | -4.44 |
| S&P 500 | -114.09 | 2470.5 | -4.41 |
| NASDAQ Composite | -339.52 | 7360.58 | -4.41 |