U.S. stock-index futures fell slightly on Wednesday, as investors digested a fresh round of corporate earnings, while awaiting the signing of the U.S.-China "Phase One" trade deal.
Global Stocks:
| Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
| Nikkei | 23,916.58 | -108.59 | -0.45% |
| Hang Seng | 28,773.59 | -111.55 | -0.39% |
| Shanghai | 3,090.04 | -16.78 | -0.54% |
| S&P/ASX | 6,994.80 | +32.60 | +0.47% |
| FTSE | 7,622.45 | +0.10 | 0.00% |
| CAC | 6,016.75 | -24.14 | -0.40% |
| DAX | 13,401.18 | -55.31 | -0.41% |
| Crude oil | $58.07 | | -0.27% |
| Gold | $1,554.10 | | +0.62% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
| 3M Co | MMM | 181.02 | -0.35(-0.19%) | 3367 |
| ALCOA INC. | AA | 20.5 | 0.13(0.64%) | 4685 |
| ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 50.8 | -0.07(-0.14%) | 1437 |
| Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 1,868.00 | -1.44(-0.08%) | 25006 |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL | 312.02 | -0.66(-0.21%) | 372992 |
| AT&T Inc | T | 38.05 | -0.04(-0.11%) | 28128 |
| Boeing Co | BA | 332.25 | -0.10(-0.03%) | 22061 |
| Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 146.34 | -0.34(-0.23%) | 3181 |
| Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 47.81 | 0.02(0.04%) | 14650 |
| Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 81.39 | -0.52(-0.63%) | 21278 |
| Deere & Company, NYSE | DE | 173.15 | -0.52(-0.30%) | 639 |
| Facebook, Inc. | FB | 220.08 | 1.02(0.47%) | 71373 |
| FedEx Corporation, NYSE | FDX | 163 | 0.87(0.54%) | 8409 |
| Ford Motor Co. | F | 9.3 | 0.01(0.11%) | 26855 |
| Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 13.1 | -0.11(-0.83%) | 17527 |
| General Electric Co | GE | 12.04 | 0.01(0.08%) | 161565 |
| Goldman Sachs | GS | 241.73 | -3.93(-1.60%) | 215690 |
| Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,432.78 | 1.90(0.13%) | 2784 |
| Hewlett-Packard Co. | HPQ | 21.31 | -0.09(-0.42%) | 2770 |
| Home Depot Inc | HD | 222.2 | -0.61(-0.27%) | 4996 |
| Intel Corp | INTC | 59.26 | -0.17(-0.29%) | 17846 |
| International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 135.87 | 0.05(0.04%) | 840 |
| JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 137.82 | -0.98(-0.71%) | 359243 |
| Merck & Co Inc | MRK | 89.8 | -0.13(-0.14%) | 968 |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 162.1 | -0.03(-0.02%) | 70705 |
| Nike | NKE | 103.11 | 0.19(0.18%) | 2029 |
| Pfizer Inc | PFE | 40.09 | 0.02(0.05%) | 3893 |
| Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 124.43 | -0.26(-0.21%) | 779 |
| Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 90.85 | -0.14(-0.15%) | 1531 |
| Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 529.26 | -8.66(-1.61%) | 453369 |
| The Coca-Cola Co | KO | 56.08 | 0.08(0.14%) | 8451 |
| United Technologies Corp | UTX | 151.4 | -0.14(-0.09%) | 241 |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 288.03 | -0.21(-0.07%) | 55089 |
| Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 59.03 | -0.01(-0.02%) | 4624 |
| Visa | V | 196.2 | 0.15(0.08%) | 11830 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 114.14 | -2.04(-1.76%) | 179521 |
| Walt Disney Co | DIS | 145.26 | 0.06(0.04%) | 6461 |
| Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 43.49 | -0.04(-0.09%) | 18924 |
Goldman Sachs (GS) reported Q4 FY 2019 earnings of $4.69 per share (versus $6.04 in Q4 FY 2018), missing analysts' consensus estimate of $5.56.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $9.955 bln (+23.2% y/y), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $8.563 bln.
GS fell to $243.27 (-0.97%) in pre-market trading.
UnitedHealth (UNH) reported Q4 FY 2019 earnings of $3.90 per share (versus $3.28 in Q4 FY 2018), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $3.75.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $60.901 bln (+4.3% y/y), roughly in line with analysts' consensus estimate of $61.166 bln.
The company also reaffirmed guidance for FY 2020, projecting EPS of $16.25-16.55 versus analysts' consensus estimate of $16.45.
UNH fell to $286.82 (-0.49%) in pre-market trading.
Bank of America (BAC) reported Q4 FY 2019 earnings of $0.74 per share (versus $0.70 in Q4 FY 2018), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $0.69.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $22.300 bln (-1.8% y/y), in line with analysts' consensus estimate.
BAC fell to $35.25 (-0.20%) in pre-market trading.
| Index | Change, points | Closed | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIKKEI 225 | 174.6 | 24025.17 | 0.73 |
| Hang Seng | -69.8 | 28885.14 | -0.24 |
| KOSPI | 9.62 | 2238.88 | 0.43 |
| ASX 200 | 58.5 | 6962.2 | 0.85 |
| FTSE 100 | 4.75 | 7622.35 | 0.06 |
| DAX | 4.97 | 13456.49 | 0.04 |
| CAC 40 | 4.75 | 6040.89 | 0.08 |
| Dow Jones | 32.62 | 28939.67 | 0.11 |
| S&P 500 | -4.98 | 3283.15 | -0.15 |
| NASDAQ Composite | -22.6 | 9251.33 | -0.24 |