U.S. stock-index futures indicated a higher open on Tuesday, as numerous strong earnings helped lift investor sentiment.
Global Stocks:
| Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
| Nikkei | 22,549.24 | +277.94 | +1.25% |
| Hang Seng | 25,462.26 | +17.20 | +0.07% |
| Shanghai | 2,546.33 | -21.76 | -0.85% |
| S&P/ASX | 5,869.90 | +32.80 | +0.56% |
| FTSE | 7,031.65 | +2.43 | +0.03% |
| CAC | 5,134.85 | +39.78 | +0.78% |
| DAX | 11,697.70 | +83.54 | +0.72% |
| Crude | $71.43 | | -0.49% |
| Gold | $1,233.20 | | +0.24% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
| 3M Co | MMM | 201.77 | 2.83(1.42%) | 183 |
| ALCOA INC. | AA | 35.61 | 0.27(0.76%) | 700 |
| ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 61.68 | 0.24(0.39%) | 100 |
| Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 1,781.99 | 21.04(1.19%) | 43369 |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL | 219.1 | 1.74(0.80%) | 167281 |
| AT&T Inc | T | 32.5 | 0.14(0.43%) | 9131 |
| Barrick Gold Corporation, NYSE | ABX | 12.65 | -0.05(-0.39%) | 56252 |
| Boeing Co | BA | 361.75 | 2.87(0.80%) | 4238 |
| Chevron Corp | CVX | 116.99 | 0.05(0.04%) | 1174 |
| Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 45.31 | 0.64(1.43%) | 51188 |
| Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 69.6 | 0.39(0.56%) | 5642 |
| Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 80.97 | 0.15(0.19%) | 2258 |
| Facebook, Inc. | FB | 154.64 | 1.12(0.73%) | 49108 |
| Ford Motor Co. | F | 8.85 | 0.04(0.45%) | 47183 |
| Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 12.79 | -0.04(-0.31%) | 10800 |
| General Electric Co | GE | 12.2 | 0.05(0.41%) | 169574 |
| General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 32.35 | 0.23(0.72%) | 1350 |
| Goldman Sachs | GS | 218.25 | 3.03(1.41%) | 80526 |
| Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,099.60 | 7.35(0.67%) | 2493 |
| Hewlett-Packard Co. | HPQ | 23.65 | 0.09(0.38%) | 219 |
| Home Depot Inc | HD | 192.25 | 1.08(0.56%) | 950 |
| Intel Corp | INTC | 44.86 | 0.33(0.74%) | 18517 |
| International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 141.57 | 0.44(0.31%) | 5650 |
| International Paper Company | IP | 42.53 | -0.17(-0.40%) | 3015 |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 133.99 | 0.04(0.03%) | 34499 |
| JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 107 | 0.66(0.62%) | 16167 |
| McDonald's Corp | MCD | 165.02 | 1.35(0.82%) | 1271 |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 108.89 | 1.29(1.20%) | 46851 |
| Pfizer Inc | PFE | 43.3 | 0.18(0.42%) | 3535 |
| Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 80.4 | 0.27(0.34%) | 1696 |
| Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 56.9 | 0.15(0.26%) | 1638 |
| Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 262.54 | 2.95(1.14%) | 29197 |
| Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 28.99 | 0.38(1.33%) | 22220 |
| United Technologies Corp | UTX | 130.91 | 0.58(0.45%) | 330 |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 265.7 | 5.45(2.09%) | 15357 |
| Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 53.72 | 0.12(0.22%) | 295 |
| Visa | V | 138.5 | 1.27(0.93%) | 9429 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 93.86 | 0.04(0.04%) | 96672 |
| Walt Disney Co | DIS | 114.02 | 0.58(0.51%) | 7597 |
| Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 34.5 | 1.30(3.92%) | 61996 |
Altria (MO) initiated with Mkt Perform at Bernstein
Facebook (FB) initiated with Buy at Loop Capital; target $210
Merck (MRK) target raised to $79 from $70 at Citigroup
Goldman Sachs (GS) reported Q3 FY 2018 earnings of $6.28 per share (versus $5.02 in Q3 FY 2017), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $5.34.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $8.646 bln (+3.8% y/y), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $8.430 bln.
GS rose to $217.55 (+1.08%) in pre-market trading.
UnitedHealth (UNH) reported Q3 FY 2018 earnings of $3.41 per share (versus $2.66 in Q3 FY 2017), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $3.30.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $56.556 bln (+12.4% y/y), generally in-line with analysts' consensus estimate of $56.336 bln.
UNH rose to $263.10 (+2.10%) in pre-market trading.
Morgan Stanley (MS) reported Q3 FY 2018 earnings of $1.17 per share (versus $0.93 in Q3 FY 2017), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $1.01.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $9.872 bln (+7.3% y/y), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $. bln.
MS rose to $44.73 (+2.90%) in pre-market trading.
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported Q3 FY 2018 earnings of $2.05 per share (versus $1.90 in Q3 FY 2017), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $2.03.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $20.348 bln (+3.6% y/y), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $20.053 bln.
The company also raised guidance for FY 2018, projecting EPS of $8.13-8.18 (versus analysts' consensus estimate of $8.15 and compared to $8.07-8.17 prior) and revenues of $81.0-81.4 bln (versus analysts' consensus estimate of $81.26 bln and compared to $80.5-81.3 bln prior).
JNJ rose to $134.00 (+0.04%) in pre-market trading.