U.S. stock-index futures rose on Thursday, as investors digested the latest raft of economic data, earnings reports from U.S. companies as well as a key trade agreement between China and the U.S.
Global Stocks:
| Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
| Nikkei | 23,933.13 | +16.55 | +0.07% |
| Hang Seng | 28,883.04 | +109.45 | +0.38% |
| Shanghai | 3,074.08 | -15.96 | -0.52% |
| S&P/ASX | 7,041.80 | +47.00 | +0.67% |
| FTSE | 7,612.80 | -30.00 | -0.39% |
| CAC | 6,028.64 | -3.97 | -0.07% |
| DAX | 13,416.46 | -15.84 | -0.12% |
| Crude oil | $58.05 | | +0.42% |
| Gold | $1,554.40 | | +0.03% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
| 3M Co | MMM | 180.71 | 0.93(0.52%) | 430 |
| ALCOA INC. | AA | 19.75 | -0.43(-2.13%) | 36963 |
| ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 51.39 | 0.14(0.27%) | 1993 |
| Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 1,875.98 | 13.96(0.75%) | 22838 |
| American Express Co | AXP | 130.11 | 0.29(0.22%) | 1187 |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL | 314.05 | 2.71(0.87%) | 295388 |
| Boeing Co | BA | 330.98 | 1.18(0.36%) | 27727 |
| Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 146.77 | 1.20(0.82%) | 2967 |
| Chevron Corp | CVX | 116.54 | 0.41(0.35%) | 4196 |
| Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 48.38 | 0.37(0.77%) | 9364 |
| Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 81.92 | 0.68(0.84%) | 7150 |
| Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 69.24 | 0.15(0.22%) | 19323 |
| Facebook, Inc. | FB | 222.44 | 1.29(0.58%) | 56016 |
| FedEx Corporation, NYSE | FDX | 160.02 | 0.87(0.55%) | 8815 |
| Ford Motor Co. | F | 9.24 | 0.05(0.54%) | 49321 |
| Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 13.06 | 0.08(0.62%) | 56708 |
| General Electric Co | GE | 11.92 | 0.05(0.42%) | 146579 |
| General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 35.27 | 0.12(0.34%) | 1620 |
| Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,445.07 | 5.87(0.41%) | 3532 |
| Hewlett-Packard Co. | HPQ | 21.5 | 0.08(0.37%) | 8717 |
| Home Depot Inc | HD | 225.28 | 0.69(0.31%) | 1999 |
| International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 137.4 | 0.78(0.57%) | 824 |
| JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 137.61 | 0.89(0.65%) | 184534 |
| McDonald's Corp | MCD | 210.27 | 0.50(0.24%) | 2349 |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 164.24 | 1.06(0.65%) | 79943 |
| Nike | NKE | 102.6 | -0.19(-0.18%) | 14166 |
| Pfizer Inc | PFE | 40.8 | 0.13(0.32%) | 7081 |
| Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 497.2 | -21.30(-4.11%) | 1063055 |
| Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 33.45 | 0.22(0.66%) | 28138 |
| United Technologies Corp | UTX | 152.98 | 1.02(0.67%) | 200726 |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 298.35 | 1.94(0.65%) | 3699 |
| Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 59.37 | 0.27(0.46%) | 3524 |
| Visa | V | 201.5 | 1.70(0.85%) | 35173 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 115.4 | 0.12(0.10%) | 6582 |
| Walt Disney Co | DIS | 145 | 0.68(0.47%) | 25039 |
| Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 45.05 | 1.82(4.21%) | 65042 |
Tesla (TSLA) downgraded to Underweight from Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley; target raised to $360
Barrick (GOLD) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse; target raised to $22
Alcoa (AA) reported Q4 FY 2019 net loss of $0.31 per share (versus earnings of $0.66 in Q4 FY 2018), worse than analysts' consensus estimate of -$0.22.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $2.436 bln (-27.2% y/y), missing analysts' consensus estimate of $2.490 bln.
AA fell to $19.73 (-2.23%) in pre-market trading.
Morgan Stanley (MS) reported Q4 FY 2019 earnings of $1.20 per share (versus $0.80 in Q4 FY 2018), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $1.02.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $10.857 bln (+27.0% y/y), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $9.720 bln.
MS rose to $54.20 (+2.38%) in pre-market trading.
| Index | Change, points | Closed | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIKKEI 225 | -108.59 | 23916.58 | -0.45 |
| Hang Seng | -111.55 | 28773.59 | -0.39 |
| KOSPI | -7.9 | 2230.98 | -0.35 |
| ASX 200 | 32.6 | 6994.8 | 0.47 |
| FTSE 100 | 20.45 | 7642.8 | 0.27 |
| DAX | -24.19 | 13432.3 | -0.18 |
| CAC 40 | -8.28 | 6032.61 | -0.14 |
| Dow Jones | 90.55 | 29030.22 | 0.31 |
| S&P 500 | 6.14 | 3289.29 | 0.19 |
| NASDAQ Composite | 7.37 | 9258.7 | 0.08 |