U.S. stock-index futures rose noticeably on Friday, as worries over rising rates mitigated and tech shares recovered from drastic losses earlier this week. In addition, a slew of strong bank financials also helped boost the market.
Global Stocks:
| Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
| Nikkei | 22,694.66 | +103.80 | +0.46% |
| Hang Seng | 25,801.49 | +535.12 | +2.12% |
| Shanghai | 2,606.91 | +23.45 | +0.91% |
| S&P/ASX | 5,895.70 | +11.90 | +0.20% |
| FTSE | 7,058.45 | +51.52 | +0.74% |
| CAC | 5,149.49 | +43.12 | +0.84% |
| DAX | 11,624.28 | +84.93 | +0.74% |
| Crude | $71.89 | | +1.30% |
| Gold | $1,224.20 | | -0.28% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
| 3M Co | MMM | 199 | 2.27(1.15%) | 2348 |
| ALCOA INC. | AA | 36.55 | 0.88(2.47%) | 1803 |
| ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 60.56 | -0.56(-0.92%) | 2484 |
| Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 1,784.98 | 65.62(3.82%) | 200773 |
| American Express Co | AXP | 103.59 | 2.01(1.98%) | 3327 |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP | AIG | 50.93 | 0.79(1.58%) | 1452 |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL | 219.08 | 4.63(2.16%) | 346471 |
| AT&T Inc | T | 32.18 | 0.43(1.35%) | 101599 |
| Barrick Gold Corporation, NYSE | ABX | 12.54 | -0.04(-0.32%) | 95987 |
| Boeing Co | BA | 365.48 | 7.37(2.06%) | 21676 |
| Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 144 | 3.03(2.15%) | 5445 |
| Chevron Corp | CVX | 120.4 | 1.97(1.66%) | 4811 |
| Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 45.23 | 1.11(2.52%) | 55675 |
| Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 70.24 | 1.86(2.72%) | 221802 |
| Deere & Company, NYSE | DE | 148.22 | 1.75(1.19%) | 3958 |
| Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 82.9 | 1.30(1.59%) | 4637 |
| Facebook, Inc. | FB | 155.94 | 2.59(1.69%) | 242906 |
| Ford Motor Co. | F | 8.95 | 0.14(1.59%) | 55921 |
| Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 13.6 | 0.42(3.19%) | 51277 |
| General Electric Co | GE | 12.82 | 0.10(0.79%) | 491350 |
| General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 32.76 | 0.45(1.39%) | 4495 |
| Goldman Sachs | GS | 217.3 | 4.33(2.03%) | 27689 |
| Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,101.87 | 22.55(2.09%) | 11661 |
| Hewlett-Packard Co. | HPQ | 23.6 | 0.59(2.56%) | 7616 |
| Home Depot Inc | HD | 193 | 3.26(1.72%) | 8613 |
| HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | HON | 155.8 | 2.18(1.42%) | 2524 |
| Intel Corp | INTC | 45.14 | 0.91(2.06%) | 82064 |
| International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 141.28 | 2.26(1.63%) | 6459 |
| International Paper Company | IP | 43.94 | 1.12(2.62%) | 1764 |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 134.75 | 0.91(0.68%) | 7840 |
| JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 110 | 1.87(1.73%) | 273095 |
| McDonald's Corp | MCD | 165.4 | 2.43(1.49%) | 2830 |
| Merck & Co Inc | MRK | 69.45 | 1.08(1.58%) | 2568 |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 108.86 | 2.95(2.79%) | 286779 |
| Nike | NKE | 75.55 | 1.04(1.40%) | 16791 |
| Pfizer Inc | PFE | 43.25 | 0.44(1.03%) | 7297 |
| Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 79.44 | 0.57(0.72%) | 7123 |
| Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 55.97 | 1.11(2.02%) | 35881 |
| Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 258.98 | 6.75(2.68%) | 110789 |
| The Coca-Cola Co | KO | 44.86 | 0.22(0.49%) | 4285 |
| Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 27.73 | 0.73(2.70%) | 76546 |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 261.09 | 3.97(1.54%) | 3906 |
| Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 54 | 0.67(1.26%) | 15726 |
| Visa | V | 137.46 | 3.73(2.79%) | 35195 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 95.25 | 1.33(1.42%) | 11553 |
| Walt Disney Co | DIS | 111.4 | 0.25(0.22%) | 68741 |
Twitter (TWTR) upgraded to Hold from Sell at Pivotal Research Group; target lowered to $24 from $26
Microsoft (MSFT) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Macquarie
Wells Fargo (WFC) reported Q3 FY 2018 earnings of $1.13 per share (versus $0.84 in Q3 FY 2017), missing analysts' consensus estimate of $1.17.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $21.941 bln (+0.4% y/y), generally in-line with analysts' consensus estimate of $21.850 bln.
WFC rose to $52.28 (+1.63%) in pre-market trading.
Citigroup (C) reported Q3 FY 2018 earnings of $1.73 per share (versus $1.42 in Q3 FY 2017), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $1.66.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $18.389 bln (-0.2% y/y), generally in-line with analysts' consensus estimate of $18.469 bln.
С rose to $69.80 (+2.08%) in pre-market trading.
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) reported Q3 FY 2018 earnings of $2.34 per share (versus $1.76 in Q3 FY 2017), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $2.26.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $27.3 bln (+7.8% y/y), generally in-line with analysts' consensus estimate of $27.318 bln.
JPM rose to $109.38 (+1.16%) in pre-market trading.
| Index | Change items | Closing price | % change |
| Nikkei | -915.18 | 22590.86 | -3.89% |
| TOPIX | -62.00 | 1701.86 | -3.52% |
| CSI 300 | -157.49 | 3124.11 | -4.80% |
| KOSPI | -98.94 | 2129.67 | -4.4% |
| FTSE 100 | -138.81 | 7006.93 | -1.94% |
| DAX | -173.15 | 11539.35 | -1.48% |
| CAC 40 | -99.85 | 5106.37 | -1.92% |
| DJIA | -545.91 | 25052.83 | -2.13% |
| S&P 500 | -57.31 | 2728.37 | -2.06% |
| NASDAQ | -92.99 | 7329.06 | -1.25% |