U.S. stock-index futures fell on Friday, as investors digested lower-than-expected guidance from several companies, while renewed decline in the Turkish lira offset market optimism over a new round of trade talks between China and the U.S.later this month.
Global Stocks:
| Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
| Nikkei | 22,270.38 | +78.34 | +0.35% |
| Hang Seng | 27,213.41 | +113.35 | +0.42% |
| Shanghai | 2,669.10 | -36.09 | -1.33% |
| S&P/ASX | 6,339.20 | +10.90 | +0.17% |
| FTSE | 7,518.09 | -38.29 | -0.51% |
| CAC | 5,320.96 | -28.06 | -0.52% |
| DAX | 12,145.57 | -91.60 | -0.75% |
| Crude | $66.16 | | +1.07% |
| Gold | $1,185.00 | | +0.08% |
Wall Street. Stocks before the bell
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
| ALCOA INC. | AA | 41.25 | -0.20(-0.48%) | 400 |
| Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 1,882.12 | -4.40(-0.23%) | 24715 |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL | 212.97 | -0.35(-0.16%) | 96630 |
| AT&T Inc | T | 33 | -0.09(-0.27%) | 4852 |
| Chevron Corp | CVX | 118.06 | 0.40(0.34%) | 500 |
| Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 69.3 | -0.26(-0.37%) | 2900 |
| Deere & Company, NYSE | DE | 133.2 | -4.15(-3.02%) | 96220 |
| Ford Motor Co. | F | 9.53 | 0.02(0.21%) | 17163 |
| Goldman Sachs | GS | 232.8 | -0.20(-0.09%) | 1497 |
| Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,202.27 | -4.22(-0.35%) | 1588 |
| Intel Corp | INTC | 47.05 | -0.12(-0.25%) | 11166 |
| Merck & Co Inc | MRK | 68.88 | 0.03(0.04%) | 500 |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 107.38 | -0.26(-0.24%) | 19124 |
| Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 32.84 | 0.01(0.03%) | 59841 |
| Visa | V | 140.62 | -0.03(-0.02%) | 2513 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 98.25 | -0.39(-0.40%) | 34429 |
| Walt Disney Co | DIS | 112.8 | 0.32(0.28%) | 1439 |
Wal-Mart (WMT) target raised to $107 at Telsey Advisory Group
General Motors (GM) target lowered to $46 from $50 at Morgan Stanley; Overweight
Wal-Mart (WMT) downgraded to Outperform from Strong Buy at Raymond James
Deere (DE) reported Q3 FY 2018 earnings of $2.59 per share (versus $1.97 in Q3 FY 2017), missing analysts' consensus estimate of $2.75.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $9.286 bln (+35.9% y/y), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $9.182 bln.
The company also issued downside guidance for Q4, projecting revenues of ~$8.58 bln (+21%) versus analysts' consensus estimate of $8.82 bln.
DE fell to $131.00 (-4.62%) in pre-market trading.