U.S. stock-index futures traded little changed on Wednesday as investors assessed a mixed bag of quarterly earnings reports from several big U.S. banks, while hopes for approval of the additional fiscal stimulus before the November 3 elections faded.
Global Stocks:
Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
Nikkei | 23,626.73 | +24.95 | +0.11% |
Hang Seng | 24,667.09 | +17.41 | +0.07% |
Shanghai | 3,340.78 | -18.97 | -0.56% |
S&P/ASX | 6,179.20 | -16.50 | -0.27% |
FTSE | 5,942.69 | -27.02 | -0.45% |
CAC | 4,940.47 | -7.14 | -0.14% |
DAX | 13,014.18 | -4.81 | -0.04% |
Crude oil | $40.31 | +0.27% | |
Gold | $1,911.70 | +0.90% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
3M Co | MMM | 166.4 | -0.23(-0.14%) | 850 |
ALCOA INC. | AA | 12.78 | 0.06(0.47%) | 12783 |
ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 39.53 | 0.15(0.38%) | 20091 |
Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 3,453.17 | 9.54(0.28%) | 40014 |
American Express Co | AXP | 104.9 | -0.11(-0.10%) | 2945 |
Apple Inc. | AAPL | 121.17 | 0.07(0.06%) | 1676579 |
AT&T Inc | T | 27.77 | 0.02(0.07%) | 68465 |
Boeing Co | BA | 162.42 | 0.28(0.17%) | 83862 |
Chevron Corp | CVX | 73.25 | -0.15(-0.20%) | 4096 |
Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 43.58 | -0.10(-0.23%) | 162677 |
Deere & Company, NYSE | DE | 234.65 | -2.57(-1.08%) | 1243 |
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co | DD | 58.5 | 0.18(0.31%) | 1066 |
Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 34.15 | -0.07(-0.19%) | 271340 |
Facebook, Inc. | FB | 277.03 | 0.89(0.32%) | 55284 |
FedEx Corporation, NYSE | FDX | 274.3 | 1.56(0.57%) | 5946 |
Ford Motor Co. | F | 7.75 | -0.01(-0.13%) | 269090 |
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 16.8 | -0.02(-0.12%) | 34123 |
General Electric Co | GE | 6.74 | 0.02(0.30%) | 342051 |
General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 32.09 | 0.22(0.69%) | 15426 |
Goldman Sachs | GS | 214.8 | 3.99(1.89%) | 536461 |
Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,579.48 | 7.80(0.50%) | 5123 |
Home Depot Inc | HD | 290 | -0.36(-0.12%) | 5056 |
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | HON | 171.17 | -0.38(-0.22%) | 2211 |
Intel Corp | INTC | 54.12 | 0.29(0.54%) | 57205 |
International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 125.2 | 0.10(0.08%) | 4638 |
International Paper Company | IP | 44 | -0.01(-0.02%) | 432 |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 148.84 | 0.48(0.32%) | 12861 |
JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 100.41 | -0.37(-0.37%) | 80625 |
McDonald's Corp | MCD | 227.73 | 0.38(0.17%) | 4784 |
Merck & Co Inc | MRK | 80.33 | -0.38(-0.47%) | 3547 |
Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 223.44 | 0.58(0.26%) | 103188 |
Nike | NKE | 129.3 | 0.10(0.08%) | 5342 |
Pfizer Inc | PFE | 36.97 | 0.07(0.19%) | 43311 |
Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 143.85 | -0.36(-0.25%) | 3467 |
Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 90.3 | 0.14(0.16%) | 2453 |
Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 450.4 | 3.75(0.84%) | 585541 |
Travelers Companies Inc | TRV | 112.79 | -0.10(-0.09%) | 288 |
Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 47.25 | 0.25(0.53%) | 24403 |
UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 334 | 2.58(0.78%) | 30089 |
Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 59.3 | -0.06(-0.10%) | 9906 |
Visa | V | 204.28 | -0.04(-0.02%) | 6221 |
Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 146.5 | 0.27(0.18%) | 15956 |
Walt Disney Co | DIS | 129 | 0.04(0.03%) | 17761 |
Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 62.99 | 0.30(0.48%) | 15396 |
Microsoft (MSFT) resumed with a Buy at UBS; target raised to $243
Oracle (ORCL) resumed with a Neutral at UBS; target raised to $62
Wells Fargo (WFC) reported Q3 FY 2020 earnings of $0.42 per share (versus $0.92 per share in Q3 FY 2019), missing analysts’ consensus estimate of $0.48 per share.
The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $18.862 bln (-14.3% y/y), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $17.872 bln.
WFC fell to $24.31 (-1.74%) in pre-market trading.
Goldman Sachs (GS) reported Q3 FY 2020 earnings of $9.68 per share (versus $4.79 per share in Q3 FY 2019), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $5.50 per share.
The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $107.000 bln (+28.6% y/y), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $9.395 bln.
GS rose to $216.06 (+2.49%) in pre-market trading.
Bank of America (BAC) reported Q3 FY 2020 earnings of $0.51 per share (versus $0.75 per share in Q3 FY 2019), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $0.50 per share.
The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $20.300 bln (-11.6% y/y), missing analysts’ consensus estimate of $20.883 bln.
BAC fell to $24.46 (-1.96%) in pre-market trading.
UnitedHealth (UNH) reported Q3 FY 2020 earnings of $3.51 per share (versus $3.88 per share in Q3 FY 2019), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $3.08 per share.
The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $65.115 bln (+7.9% y/y), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $63.967 bln.
The company also issues in-line guidance for FY 2020, projecting EPS of $16.50-16.75 (versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $16.56), up from prior guidance of $16.25-16.55.
UNH closed Tuesday's trading session at $331.42 (+0.44%).
| Index | Change, points | Closed | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIKKEI 225 | 43.09 | 23601.78 | 0.18 |
| KOSPI | -0.58 | 2403.15 | -0.02 |
| ASX 200 | 63.8 | 6195.7 | 1.04 |
| FTSE 100 | -31.67 | 5969.71 | -0.53 |
| DAX | -119.42 | 13018.99 | -0.91 |
| CAC 40 | -31.68 | 4947.61 | -0.64 |
| Dow Jones | -157.71 | 28679.81 | -0.55 |
| S&P 500 | -22.29 | 3511.93 | -0.63 |
| NASDAQ Composite | -12.36 | 11863.9 | -0.1 |