U.S. stock-index futures rose on Friday, as upbeat quarterly results from Disney (DIS) and Cisco(CSCO) supported the U.S. equity market on the final day of a volatile trading week, which was marked by record spikes in COVID-19 cases and heightened hopes of an effective vaccine.
Global Stocks:
Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
Nikkei | 25,385.87 | -135.01 | -0.53% |
Hang Seng | 26,156.86 | -12.52 | -0.05% |
Shanghai | 3,310.10 | -28.57 | -0.86% |
S&P/ASX | 6,405.20 | -13.00 | -0.20% |
FTSE | 6,302.47 | -36.47 | -0.58% |
CAC | 5,373.19 | +10.62 | +0.20% |
DAX | 13,070.73 | +17.78 | +0.14% |
Crude oil | $40.37 | -1.82% | |
Gold | $1,890.20 | +0.90% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
3M Co | MMM | 167.99 | 0.94(0.56%) | 3085 |
ALCOA INC. | AA | 15.71 | 0.09(0.58%) | 4823 |
ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 39.65 | 0.15(0.38%) | 8042 |
Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 3,126.69 | 16.41(0.53%) | 32436 |
American Express Co | AXP | 112 | 0.90(0.81%) | 3192 |
Apple Inc. | AAPL | 119.73 | 0.52(0.44%) | 707264 |
AT&T Inc | T | 28.57 | 0.13(0.46%) | 34320 |
Boeing Co | BA | 179.17 | 2.45(1.39%) | 189693 |
Chevron Corp | CVX | 81 | 0.33(0.41%) | 20959 |
Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 41.54 | 2.87(7.42%) | 355679 |
Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 48.7 | 0.42(0.87%) | 75067 |
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co | DD | 60.29 | 0.31(0.52%) | 2950 |
Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 35.33 | 0.10(0.28%) | 57459 |
Facebook, Inc. | FB | 276.7 | 1.62(0.59%) | 55395 |
FedEx Corporation, NYSE | FDX | 268 | 0.84(0.31%) | 3721 |
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 19.69 | 0.17(0.87%) | 118781 |
General Electric Co | GE | 8.82 | 0.06(0.68%) | 477472 |
General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 39.7 | 0.38(0.97%) | 80504 |
Goldman Sachs | GS | 216 | 1.49(0.70%) | 2975 |
Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,754.78 | 4.94(0.28%) | 3504 |
Home Depot Inc | HD | 278 | 1.76(0.64%) | 4246 |
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | HON | 198.08 | 0.84(0.43%) | 959 |
Intel Corp | INTC | 45.16 | 0.21(0.47%) | 120754 |
International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 115.02 | 0.52(0.45%) | 9621 |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 148.77 | 0.47(0.32%) | 34846 |
JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 114.14 | 0.77(0.68%) | 24141 |
McDonald's Corp | MCD | 213.99 | 0.92(0.43%) | 7374 |
Merck & Co Inc | MRK | 80.1 | 0.24(0.30%) | 1918 |
Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 216.76 | 1.32(0.61%) | 82015 |
Nike | NKE | 127.6 | 0.96(0.76%) | 8596 |
Pfizer Inc | PFE | 37.76 | 0.21(0.56%) | 494859 |
Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 142.6 | 0.45(0.32%) | 1592 |
Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 93.87 | 0.34(0.36%) | 4924 |
Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 412.21 | 0.45(0.11%) | 414136 |
The Coca-Cola Co | KO | 53.21 | 0.20(0.38%) | 4352 |
Travelers Companies Inc | TRV | 133.16 | 0.76(0.57%) | 232 |
Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 43.12 | 0.31(0.72%) | 20764 |
UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 357.5 | 3.09(0.87%) | 5971 |
Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 60.83 | 0.04(0.06%) | 4751 |
Visa | V | 209.7 | 1.44(0.69%) | 11474 |
Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 148.98 | 0.75(0.51%) | 26817 |
Walt Disney Co | DIS | 140.06 | 4.54(3.35%) | 263301 |
Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 61.48 | 0.49(0.80%) | 800 |
Dow (DOW) downgraded to Mkt Perform from Outperform at Bernstein; target $57
Dow (DOW) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank; target $56
Walt Disney (DIS) upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital Mkts; target raised to $170
Applied Materials (AMAT) reported Q4 FY 2020 earnings of $1.25 per share (versus $0.80 per share in Q4 FY 2019), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $1.17 per share.
The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $4.688 bln (+24.9% y/y), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $4.603 bln.
The company also issued upside guidance for Q1 FY 2021, projecting EPS of $1.20-1.32 versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $1.11 and revenues of $4.75-5.15 bln versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $4.53 bln.
AMAT rose to $71.89 (+2.99%) in pre-market trading.
Cisco (CSCO) reported Q1 FY 2021 earnings of $0.76 per share (versus $0.84 per share in Q1 FY 2020), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $0.70 per share.
The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $11.929 bln (-9.3% y/y), roughly in line with analysts’ consensus estimate of $11.855 bln.
The company also issued upside guidance for Q2 FY 2021, projecting EPS of $0.74-0.76 versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $0.73 and revenues of $11.77-12.01 bln versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $11.67 bln.
CSCO rose to $41.50 (+7.32%) in pre-market trading.
Walt Disney (DIS) reported Q4 FY 2020 loss of $0.20 per share (versus earnings of $1.07 per share in Q4 FY 2019), better than analysts’ consensus estimate of -$0.65 per share.
The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $14.707 bln (-23.1% y/y), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $14.096 bln.
DIS rose to $141.50 (+4.41%) in pre-market trading.
| Index | Change, points | Closed | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIKKEI 225 | 171.28 | 25520.88 | 0.68 |
| Hang Seng | -57.6 | 26169.38 | -0.22 |
| KOSPI | -10.25 | 2475.62 | -0.41 |
| ASX 200 | -31.5 | 6418.2 | -0.49 |
| FTSE 100 | -43.16 | 6338.94 | -0.68 |
| DAX | -163.23 | 13052.95 | -1.24 |
| CAC 40 | -82.64 | 5362.57 | -1.52 |
| Dow Jones | -317.46 | 29080.17 | -1.08 |
| S&P 500 | -35.65 | 3537.01 | -1 |
| NASDAQ Composite | -76.84 | 11709.59 | -0.65 |