U.S. stock-index futures rose on Thursday, supported by China's decision to halve tariffs on hundreds of U.S. imports worth around $75 billion, which bolstered hopes the economy could avoid a major shock from the coronavirus outbreak.
Global Stocks:
| Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
| Nikkei | 23,873.59 | +554.03 | +2.38% |
| Hang Seng | 27,493.70 | +706.96 | +2.64% |
| Shanghai | 2,866.51 | +48.42 | +1.72% |
| S&P/ASX | 7,049.20 | +73.10 | +1.05% |
| FTSE | 7,514.90 | +32.42 | +0.43% |
| CAC | 6,029.12 | +43.72 | +0.73% |
| DAX | 13,564.41 | +86.08 | +0.64% |
| Crude oil | $50.59 | | -0.32% |
| Gold | $1,569.60 | | 0.44% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
| 3M Co | MMM | 163.03 | 0.70(0.43%) | 5842 |
| ALCOA INC. | AA | 16.15 | 0.34(2.15%) | 32975 |
| ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 46.34 | 0.06(0.13%) | 2769 |
| Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 2,045.02 | 5.15(0.25%) | 18683 |
| American Express Co | AXP | 134.01 | 0.41(0.31%) | 1026 |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP | AIG | 52.6 | 0.12(0.23%) | 601 |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL | 322.77 | 1.32(0.41%) | 231963 |
| AT&T Inc | T | 37.86 | 0.05(0.13%) | 3526 |
| Boeing Co | BA | 330.48 | 0.93(0.28%) | 35144 |
| Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 138.01 | 0.57(0.41%) | 2783 |
| Chevron Corp | CVX | 110.38 | 0.10(0.09%) | 7601 |
| Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 48.79 | 0.34(0.70%) | 18441 |
| Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 79.25 | 0.40(0.51%) | 21306 |
| Deere & Company, NYSE | DE | 168.3 | -0.05(-0.03%) | 1021 |
| Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 62.82 | 0.09(0.14%) | 36261 |
| Facebook, Inc. | FB | 210.5 | 0.39(0.19%) | 77670 |
| Ford Motor Co. | F | 8.36 | 0.05(0.60%) | 393794 |
| Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 12.43 | 0.02(0.16%) | 41735 |
| General Electric Co | GE | 12.92 | 0.06(0.47%) | 409109 |
| General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 35.1 | 0.07(0.20%) | 16757 |
| Goldman Sachs | GS | 245.25 | 0.95(0.39%) | 2899 |
| Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,452.12 | 3.89(0.27%) | 6707 |
| Home Depot Inc | HD | 238.99 | 0.88(0.37%) | 1285 |
| Intel Corp | INTC | 67.52 | 0.51(0.76%) | 30302 |
| International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 155.41 | -0.92(-0.59%) | 25876 |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 154.46 | 0.47(0.31%) | 2093 |
| JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 138.35 | 0.76(0.55%) | 10443 |
| McDonald's Corp | MCD | 214.95 | 0.58(0.27%) | 1271 |
| Merck & Co Inc | MRK | 86.1 | 0.27(0.31%) | 6794 |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 181 | 1.10(0.61%) | 159756 |
| Nike | NKE | 100.75 | 0.21(0.21%) | 4697 |
| Pfizer Inc | PFE | 38.41 | 0.24(0.63%) | 6292 |
| Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 127 | 0.19(0.15%) | 2824 |
| Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 708.12 | -26.58(-3.62%) | 777649 |
| The Coca-Cola Co | KO | 58.94 | 0.09(0.15%) | 5880 |
| Travelers Companies Inc | TRV | 137.4 | 0.62(0.45%) | 684 |
| Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 36.14 | 2.75(8.24%) | 4148013 |
| United Technologies Corp | UTX | 156.11 | 0.48(0.31%) | 962 |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 297 | 1.27(0.43%) | 6239 |
| Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 59.2 | 0.07(0.12%) | 2784 |
| Visa | V | 203.46 | 0.65(0.32%) | 16254 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 115.9 | -0.91(-0.78%) | 21663 |
| Walt Disney Co | DIS | 141.99 | 0.62(0.44%) | 38629 |
| Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 47.86 | -0.39(-0.81%) | 3975 |
Pfizer (PFE) initiated with a Buy at Mizuho
Qualcomm (QCOM) reported Q1 FY 2020 earnings of $0.80 per share (versus $1.20 per share in Q1 FY 2019), missing analysts' consensus estimate of $0.86 per share.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $5.077 bln (+4.9% y/y), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $4.856 bln.
QCOM fell to $89.27 (-1.80%) in pre-market trading.
Twitter (TWTR) reported Q4 FY 2019 earnings of $0.15 per share (versus $0.31 per share in Q4 FY 2018), missing analysts' consensus estimate of $0.17 per share.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $1.007 bln (+10.8% y/y), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $0.995 bln.
The company also issued in-line guidance for Q1 FY 2020, projecting revenues of $825-885 mln versus analysts' consensus estimate of $872.36 mln.
TWTR rose to $36.23 (+8.51%) in pre-market trading.
| Index | Change, points | Closed | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIKKEI 225 | 234.97 | 23319.56 | 1.02 |
| Hang Seng | 110.76 | 26786.74 | 0.42 |
| KOSPI | 7.73 | 2165.63 | 0.36 |
| ASX 200 | 27.4 | 6976.1 | 0.39 |
| FTSE 100 | 42.66 | 7482.48 | 0.57 |
| DAX | 196.59 | 13478.33 | 1.48 |
| CAC 40 | 50.35 | 5985.4 | 0.85 |
| Dow Jones | 483.22 | 29290.85 | 1.68 |
| S&P 500 | 37.1 | 3334.69 | 1.13 |
| NASDAQ Composite | 40.71 | 9508.68 | 0.43 |