U.S. stock-index futures surged on Wednesday, supported by media reports of a treatment to fight the fast-spreading coronavirus.
Global Stocks:
| Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
| Nikkei | 23,319.56 | +234.97 | +1.02% |
| Hang Seng | 26,786.74 | +110.76 | +0.42% |
| Shanghai | 2,818.09 | +34.80 | +1.25% |
| S&P/ASX | 6,976.10 | +27.40 | +0.39% |
| FTSE | 7,487.05 | +47.23 | +0.63% |
| CAC | 5,993.06 | +58.01 | +0.98% |
| DAX | 13,474.32 | +192.58 | +1.45% |
| Crude oil | $50.86 | | +2.52% |
| Gold | $1,559.60 | | +0.26% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
| 3M Co | MMM | 159.25 | 2.01(1.28%) | 8884 |
| ALCOA INC. | AA | 15.28 | 0.58(3.95%) | 51121 |
| ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 46.67 | 0.15(0.32%) | 3152 |
| Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 2,073.00 | 23.33(1.14%) | 70380 |
| American Express Co | AXP | 133.44 | 1.59(1.21%) | 790 |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL | 322.7 | 3.85(1.21%) | 634896 |
| AT&T Inc | T | 37.7 | 0.07(0.19%) | 32864 |
| Boeing Co | BA | 320.52 | 2.58(0.81%) | 24765 |
| Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 135.28 | 1.77(1.33%) | 8403 |
| Chevron Corp | CVX | 108.25 | 1.40(1.31%) | 11737 |
| Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 48.31 | 0.69(1.45%) | 36451 |
| Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 77.8 | 1.30(1.70%) | 21672 |
| Deere & Company, NYSE | DE | 166.1 | 1.67(1.02%) | 2141 |
| Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 60.75 | 0.78(1.30%) | 145533 |
| Facebook, Inc. | FB | 212.45 | 2.62(1.25%) | 141119 |
| FedEx Corporation, NYSE | FDX | 149.39 | 1.88(1.27%) | 6985 |
| Ford Motor Co. | F | 8.47 | -0.71(-7.73%) | 3509499 |
| Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 12.3 | 0.26(2.16%) | 74243 |
| General Electric Co | GE | 12.7 | 0.12(0.96%) | 176484 |
| General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 35.05 | 0.68(1.98%) | 531787 |
| Goldman Sachs | GS | 245.25 | 3.31(1.37%) | 8586 |
| Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,457.55 | 10.48(0.72%) | 23669 |
| Home Depot Inc | HD | 237.5 | 2.50(1.06%) | 3290 |
| HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | HON | 176.54 | 1.33(0.76%) | 257 |
| Intel Corp | INTC | 66.58 | 1.12(1.71%) | 140429 |
| International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 150.23 | 1.12(0.75%) | 19723 |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 152.8 | 1.20(0.79%) | 128675 |
| JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 137.4 | 2.11(1.56%) | 25364 |
| McDonald's Corp | MCD | 215.5 | 0.88(0.41%) | 2140 |
| Merck & Co Inc | MRK | 85.45 | -2.91(-3.29%) | 252573 |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 183.8 | 3.68(2.04%) | 513855 |
| Nike | NKE | 101.48 | 0.10(0.10%) | 25023 |
| Pfizer Inc | PFE | 37.92 | 0.23(0.61%) | 12737 |
| Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 126.66 | 1.00(0.80%) | 1541 |
| Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 88.85 | 0.88(1.00%) | 20981 |
| Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 859.69 | -27.37(-3.09%) | 1097236 |
| The Coca-Cola Co | KO | 59.03 | 0.19(0.32%) | 5541 |
| Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 34.15 | 0.19(0.56%) | 83991 |
| Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 58.57 | 0.28(0.48%) | 27306 |
| Visa | V | 205.85 | 2.29(1.13%) | 27147 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 115.86 | 0.59(0.51%) | 3309 |
| Walt Disney Co | DIS | 145.4 | 0.67(0.46%) | 303109 |
| Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 49.08 | 1.07(2.23%) | 21216 |
Tesla (TSLA) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Canaccord Genuity
Merck (MRK) reported Q4 FY 2019 earnings of $1.16 per share (versus $1.04 per share in Q4 FY 2018), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $1.15 per share.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $11.868 bln (+7.9% y/y), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $11.705 bln.
MRK fell to $85.60 (-3.12%) in pre-market trading.
General Motors (GM) reported Q4 FY 2019 earnings of $0.05 per share (versus $1.43 per share in Q4 FY 2018), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $0.01 per share.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $30.826 bln (-19.7% y/y), missing analysts' consensus estimate of $31.765 bln.
The company also issued downside guidance for FY 2020, projecting EPS of $5.75-6.25 versus analysts' consensus estimate of $6.28.
GM rose to $34.57 (+0.58%) in pre-market trading.
Walt Disney (DIS) reported Q1 FY 2020 earnings of $1.53 per share (versus $1.84 per share in Q1 FY 2019), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $1.44 per share.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $20.858 bln (+36.3% y/y), roughly in line with analysts' consensus estimate of $20.837 bln.
DIS rose to $145.04 (+0.21%) in pre-market trading.
| Index | Change, points | Closed | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIKKEI 225 | 112.65 | 23084.59 | 0.49 |
| Hang Seng | 319 | 26675.98 | 1.21 |
| KOSPI | 39.02 | 2157.9 | 1.84 |
| ASX 200 | 25.4 | 6948.7 | 0.37 |
| FTSE 100 | 113.51 | 7439.82 | 1.55 |
| DAX | 236.55 | 13281.74 | 1.81 |
| CAC 40 | 102.54 | 5935.05 | 1.76 |
| Dow Jones | 407.82 | 28807.63 | 1.44 |
| S&P 500 | 48.67 | 3297.59 | 1.5 |
| NASDAQ Composite | 194.57 | 9467.97 | 2.1 |