U.S. stock-index futures rose on Wednesday as investors reacted positively to a raft of solid earnings reports as well as data showing subdued inflation.
Global Stocks:
Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
Nikkei | 29,562.93 | +57.00 | +0.19% |
Hang Seng | 30,038.72 | +562.53 | +1.91% |
Shanghai | 3,655.09 | +51.60 | +1.43% |
S&P/ASX | 6,856.90 | +35.70 | +0.52% |
FTSE | 6,546.15 | +14.59 | +0.22% |
CAC | 5,690.19 | -1.35 | -0.02% |
DAX | 14,016.95 | +5.15 | +0.04% |
Crude oil | $58.60 | +0.41% | |
Gold | $1,853.30 | +0.86% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
3M Co | MMM | 181.29 | 0.35(0.19%) | 635 |
ALCOA INC. | AA | 22.04 | 0.28(1.29%) | 14002 |
ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 43.54 | 0.18(0.42%) | 24752 |
Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 3,316.00 | 11.00(0.33%) | 30307 |
American Express Co | AXP | 127.99 | 1.31(1.03%) | 2025 |
Apple Inc. | AAPL | 136.43 | 0.42(0.31%) | 671460 |
AT&T Inc | T | 28.68 | 0.06(0.21%) | 80714 |
Boeing Co | BA | 216.36 | 1.24(0.58%) | 56817 |
Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 197.86 | 0.58(0.29%) | 2022 |
Chevron Corp | CVX | 91.65 | 0.69(0.76%) | 20152 |
Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 46.17 | -2.33(-4.80%) | 341758 |
Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 63.35 | 0.23(0.36%) | 40352 |
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co | DD | 74.05 | 0.58(0.79%) | 8916 |
Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 50.84 | 0.21(0.41%) | 110741 |
Facebook, Inc. | FB | 271.94 | 2.49(0.92%) | 81157 |
FedEx Corporation, NYSE | FDX | 261 | 1.87(0.72%) | 5733 |
Ford Motor Co. | F | 12.01 | 0.08(0.67%) | 1620816 |
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 33 | 0.98(3.06%) | 188458 |
General Electric Co | GE | 11.59 | 0.05(0.43%) | 424796 |
General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 55.8 | -0.26(-0.46%) | 3068422 |
Goldman Sachs | GS | 300.77 | 0.31(0.10%) | 8754 |
Google Inc. | GOOG | 2,093.00 | 9.49(0.46%) | 5606 |
Hewlett-Packard Co. | HPQ | 27.31 | 0.22(0.81%) | 1380 |
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | HON | 202 | -0.02(-0.01%) | 344 |
Intel Corp | INTC | 59.22 | 0.44(0.75%) | 41639 |
International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 122.68 | 0.58(0.48%) | 11594 |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 167.2 | 0.93(0.56%) | 22730 |
JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 139.75 | 0.17(0.12%) | 26062 |
McDonald's Corp | MCD | 216.85 | 0.87(0.40%) | 7325 |
Merck & Co Inc | MRK | 75.22 | 0.18(0.24%) | 21734 |
Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 244.68 | 0.91(0.37%) | 57750 |
Nike | NKE | 142.75 | 0.96(0.68%) | 13888 |
Pfizer Inc | PFE | 35 | 0.03(0.09%) | 234197 |
Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 129.26 | 0.59(0.46%) | 1899 |
Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 106.65 | 0.43(0.40%) | 3242 |
Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 846.5 | -2.96(-0.35%) | 156192 |
The Coca-Cola Co | KO | 50.85 | 1.15(2.31%) | 606756 |
Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 65.09 | 5.22(8.72%) | 2694590 |
UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 331.83 | 2.20(0.67%) | 3350 |
Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 55.14 | 0.14(0.25%) | 16868 |
Visa | V | 207.25 | 0.73(0.35%) | 6841 |
Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 145.65 | -0.18(-0.12%) | 55412 |
Walt Disney Co | DIS | 190.06 | 1.85(0.98%) | 90123 |
Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 71.1 | 1.29(1.85%) | 17816 |
General Motors (GM) reported Q4 FY 2020 earnings of $1.93 per share (versus $0.05 per share in Q4 FY 2019), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $1.61 per share.
The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $37.500 bln (+21.7% y/y), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $36.341 bln.
The company also issued downside guidance for FY 2021, projecting EPS of $4.50-5.25 versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $6.04.
GM rose to $56.62 (+1.00%) in pre-market trading.
Coca-Cola (KO) reported Q4 FY 2020 earnings of $0.47 per share (versus $0.44 per share in Q4 FY 2019), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $0.42 per share.
The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $8.600 bln (-5.5% y/y), roughly in line with analysts’ consensus estimate of $8.619 bln.
KO rose to $50.75 (+2.11%) in pre-market trading.
Lyft (LYFT) reported Q4 FY 2020 loss of $0.58 per share (versus -$1.19 per share in Q4 FY 2019), better than analysts’ consensus estimate of -$0.68 per share.
The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $0.570 bln (-44.0% y/y), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $0.561 bln.
LYFT rose to $60.00 (+11.86%) in pre-market trading.
Twitter (TWTR) reported Q4 FY 2020 earnings of $0.38 per share (versus $0.15 per share in Q4 FY 2019), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $0.31 per share.
The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $1.290 bln (+28.1% y/y), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $1.188 bln.
The company also issued in-line guidance for Q1 FY 2021, projecting revenues of $0.94-1.04 bln versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $0.965 bln.
TWTR rose to $62.70 (+4.73%) in pre-market trading.
Cisco (CSCO) reported Q2 FY 2021 earnings of $0.79 per share (versus $0.77 per share in Q2 FY 2020), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $0.75 per share.
The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $11.960 bln (-0.4% y/y), roughly in line with analysts’ consensus estimate of $11.903 bln.
The company also issued guidance for Q3 FY 2021, projecting EPS of $0.80-0.82 versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $0.81 and revenues of $12.40-12.64 bln versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $12.32 bln.
Cisco increased quarterly dividend by 3% to $0.37/share from $0.36/share.
CSCO fell to $46.25 (-4.64%) in pre-market trading.