U.S. stock-index futures rose on Wednesday, following impressive earnings reports from Alphabet (GOOG; +6.8%) and Amazon (AMZN; +1.9%) and amid lingering optimism for massive additional stimulus in the U.S.
Global Stocks:
Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
Nikkei | 28,646.50 | +284.33 | +1.00% |
Hang Seng | 29,307.46 | +58.76 | +0.20% |
Shanghai | 3,517.31 | -16.38 | -0.46% |
S&P/ASX | 6,824.60 | +62.00 | +0.92% |
FTSE | 6,515.47 | -1.18 | -0.02% |
CAC | 5,578.46 | +15.35 | +0.28% |
DAX | 13,905.80 | +70.64 | +0.51% |
Crude oil | $55.41 | +1.19% | |
Gold | $1,839.40 | +0.33% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
3M Co | MMM | 176.3 | 1.28(0.73%) | 6064 |
ALCOA INC. | AA | 19.28 | 0.17(0.89%) | 13103 |
ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 41.69 | 0.12(0.29%) | 11339 |
Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 3,446.06 | 66.06(1.95%) | 327995 |
American Express Co | AXP | 120.88 | 0.18(0.15%) | 1874 |
Apple Inc. | AAPL | 135.36 | 0.37(0.27%) | 1023423 |
AT&T Inc | T | 28.62 | 0.08(0.28%) | 76675 |
Boeing Co | BA | 201.8 | 0.86(0.43%) | 88019 |
Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 192.85 | 0.35(0.18%) | 4197 |
Chevron Corp | CVX | 87.64 | 0.58(0.67%) | 19562 |
Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 45.57 | -0.26(-0.57%) | 43129 |
Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 59.93 | 0.35(0.59%) | 53326 |
Deere & Company, NYSE | DE | 303 | 0.46(0.15%) | 3713 |
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co | DD | 75.32 | -1.13(-1.48%) | 46935 |
Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 46.18 | 0.55(1.21%) | 123845 |
Facebook, Inc. | FB | 266.65 | -0.43(-0.16%) | 144325 |
FedEx Corporation, NYSE | FDX | 244 | 1.50(0.62%) | 6478 |
Ford Motor Co. | F | 10.94 | 0.08(0.74%) | 775253 |
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 28.67 | 0.53(1.88%) | 54325 |
General Electric Co | GE | 11.28 | 0.04(0.36%) | 241923 |
General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 53.15 | 0.43(0.82%) | 104938 |
Goldman Sachs | GS | 288.58 | 1.61(0.56%) | 50159 |
Google Inc. | GOOG | 2,065.00 | 137.49(7.13%) | 64821 |
Hewlett-Packard Co. | HPQ | 25 | 0.11(0.44%) | 1413 |
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | HON | 200 | -0.12(-0.06%) | 845 |
Intel Corp | INTC | 58.07 | 0.07(0.12%) | 99431 |
International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 119.61 | 0.17(0.14%) | 13976 |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 161.85 | 0.60(0.37%) | 14130 |
JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 134.4 | 0.79(0.59%) | 34313 |
McDonald's Corp | MCD | 210.15 | 0.39(0.19%) | 13790 |
Merck & Co Inc | MRK | 78.1 | 0.33(0.42%) | 17444 |
Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 239.61 | 0.10(0.04%) | 180383 |
Nike | NKE | 139.7 | 0.11(0.08%) | 42146 |
Pfizer Inc | PFE | 35.17 | 0.18(0.51%) | 431998 |
Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 128.8 | 0.01(0.01%) | 5541 |
Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 101.52 | -0.13(-0.13%) | 44241 |
Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 877.9 | 5.11(0.59%) | 200602 |
The Coca-Cola Co | KO | 49.13 | 0.17(0.35%) | 32799 |
Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 54.96 | 0.96(1.78%) | 134378 |
UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 338.77 | 0.05(0.01%) | 654 |
Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 54.65 | 0.15(0.28%) | 25888 |
Visa | V | 203.8 | 1.19(0.59%) | 27739 |
Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 141.23 | 0.46(0.33%) | 19902 |
Walt Disney Co | DIS | 177.8 | 0.84(0.47%) | 31944 |
Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 65.43 | -0.21(-0.32%) | 993 |
3M (MMM) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Argus
Amazon (AMZN) target raised to $5200 from $4000 at Susquehanna
Amazon (AMZN) target raised to $4650 from $4500 at Pivotal Research Group
Alphabet (GOOG) target raised to $2750 from $2100 at Pivotal Research Group
FXStreet notes that the S&P 500 strong recovery continues, but analysts at Credit Suisse continue to look for a high-level consolidation phase to emerge ahead of an eventual move to 3900.
“A strong recovery for the S&P 500 has seen the market remove resistance from the price gap from last Friday morning and the midpoint of the ‘real body’ of the bearish ‘reversal week’ at 3778/87, leaving the market testing what we see as more important resistance at the 3837/50 price gap. With a large bearish “reversal week” in place our bias remains for this to cap for now for a phase of high-level consolidation.”
“Support is seen at 3813 initially, then the price gap from yesterday morning at 3792/73. Below here is needed to reinforce a sideways ranging phase for a fall back to 3726, then more important support, starting at 3694 and stretching down to the low for the year at 3663.”
Amgen (MGN) reported Q4 FY 2020 earnings of $3.81 per share (versus $3.64 per share in Q4 FY 2019), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $3.34 per share.
The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $6.634 bln (+7.1% y/y), roughly in line with analysts’ consensus estimate of $6.570 bln.
AMGN fell to $235.00 (-2.28%) in pre-market trading.
Alphabet (GOOG) reported Q4 FY 2020 earnings of $22.30 per share (versus $15.35 per share in Q4 FY 2019), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $15.98 per share.
The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $56.900 bln (+23.5% y/y), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $52.861 bln.
GOOG rose to $2069.22 (+7.35%) in pre-market trading.
Amazon (AMZN) reported Q4 FY 2020 earnings of $14.09 per share (versus $6.47 per share in Q4 FY 2019), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $7.15 per share.
The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $125.555 bln (+43.6% y/y), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $119.729 bln.
The company issued upside guidance for Q1 FY2021, projecting revenues of $100-106 bln versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $95.5 bln. It also guided to Q1 FY 2021 operating income of $3.0-6.5 bln versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $5.68 bln.
It was also announced that Jeff Bezos would transition to the role of Executive Chair in Q3 FY 2021 and Andy Jassy would become CEO at that time.
AMZN rose to $3395.05 (+0.45%) in pre-market trading.