U.S. stock-index futures indicated a lower open on Friday, as disappointing forecasts from chip-makers Nvidia (NVDA; -18%) and Applied Materials (AMAT; -9%) weighed on the technology sector.
Global Stocks:
Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
Nikkei | 21,680.34 | -123.28 | -0.57% |
Hang Seng | 26,183.53 | +80.19 | +0.31% |
Shanghai | 2,679.11 | +10.94 | +0.41% |
S&P/ASX | 5,730.60 | -5.40 | -0.09% |
FTSE | 6,971.25 | -66.76 | -0.95% |
CAC | 4,992.42 | -41.20 | -0.82% |
DAX | 11,245.01 | -108.66 | -0.96% |
Crude | $57.65 | +2.11% | |
Gold | $1,222.90 | +0.65% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
ALCOA INC. | AA | 35.31 | -0.63(-1.75%) | 500 |
ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 57.1 | -0.18(-0.31%) | 3518 |
Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 1,587.00 | -32.44(-2.00%) | 74937 |
American Express Co | AXP | 109.57 | -0.03(-0.03%) | 157 |
Apple Inc. | AAPL | 189.65 | -1.76(-0.92%) | 160870 |
AT&T Inc | T | 30.03 | -0.09(-0.30%) | 24775 |
Barrick Gold Corporation, NYSE | ABX | 13.2 | 0.21(1.62%) | 83397 |
Boeing Co | BA | 338.98 | -2.59(-0.76%) | 4669 |
Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 128.3 | -1.12(-0.87%) | 4636 |
Chevron Corp | CVX | 117.05 | 0.10(0.09%) | 1433 |
Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 46.4 | -0.37(-0.79%) | 25010 |
Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 64.38 | -0.22(-0.34%) | 8449 |
Deere & Company, NYSE | DE | 145 | -1.70(-1.16%) | 1596 |
Facebook, Inc. | FB | 141.9 | -1.95(-1.36%) | 85263 |
Ford Motor Co. | F | 9.25 | -0.06(-0.64%) | 6799 |
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 11.93 | -0.03(-0.25%) | 5744 |
General Electric Co | GE | 8.09 | -0.08(-0.98%) | 331762 |
General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 35.13 | -0.42(-1.18%) | 3670 |
Goldman Sachs | GS | 202.5 | -1.24(-0.61%) | 976 |
Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,055.00 | -9.71(-0.91%) | 1229 |
Home Depot Inc | HD | 173.8 | -3.56(-2.01%) | 39346 |
Intel Corp | INTC | 47.4 | -0.71(-1.48%) | 62830 |
International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 120.74 | -0.70(-0.58%) | 2579 |
International Paper Company | IP | 45.7 | -0.12(-0.26%) | 1143 |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 144 | -0.50(-0.35%) | 224 |
JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 109.15 | -0.92(-0.84%) | 6628 |
McDonald's Corp | MCD | 182.5 | -1.06(-0.58%) | 284 |
Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 106.29 | -0.99(-0.92%) | 40233 |
Pfizer Inc | PFE | 42.9 | -0.31(-0.72%) | 2690 |
Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 93.53 | -0.30(-0.32%) | 767 |
Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 67.35 | -0.27(-0.40%) | 3548 |
Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 344.25 | -4.19(-1.20%) | 29782 |
The Coca-Cola Co | KO | 49.66 | -0.08(-0.16%) | 5003 |
Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 32.81 | -0.34(-1.03%) | 34535 |
UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 262.94 | -2.00(-0.75%) | 234 |
Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 58.8 | -0.28(-0.47%) | 2459 |
Visa | V | 140.18 | -1.66(-1.17%) | 2519 |
Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 99.15 | -0.39(-0.39%) | 7802 |
Walt Disney Co | DIS | 116.4 | -0.71(-0.61%) | 4748 |
Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 29.27 | -0.14(-0.48%) | 2277 |
Home Depot (HD) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at BofA/Merrill
NVIDIA (NVDA) reported Q3 FY 2018 earnings of $1.97 per share (versus $1.33 in Q3 FY 2017), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $1.92.
The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $3.181 bln (+20.7% y/y), missing analysts’ consensus estimate of $3.241 bln.
The company also issued downside guidance for Q4, projecting EPS of ~$1.32-1.49 (versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $2.01) and revenues of $2.65-2.75 bln (versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $3.4 bln).
NVDA fell to $166.15 (-17.91%) in pre-market trading.
A positive start to trading on the stock markets of Europe is expected, following mainly similar tones on Wall Street and China.