U.S. stock-index futures fell on Friday amid caution over developments in the U.S.-China trade talks.
Global Stocks:
| Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
| Nikkei | 22,930.36 | +91.99 | +0.40% |
| Hang Seng | 31,047.91 | +105.76 | +0.34% |
| Shanghai | 3,193.05 | +38.76 | +1.23% |
| S&P/ASX | 6,087.40 | -6.90 | -0.11% |
| FTSE | 7,762.32 | -25.65 | -0.33% |
| CAC | 5,616.74 | -5.18 | -0.09% |
| DAX | 13,079.81 | -34.80 | -0.27% |
| Crude | $71.40 | | -0.13% |
| Gold | $1,285.70 | | -0.29% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
| ALCOA INC. | AA | 50.99 | 0.28(0.55%) | 701 |
| Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 1,578.00 | -3.76(-0.24%) | 29727 |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL | 186.67 | -0.32(-0.17%) | 101566 |
| AT&T Inc | T | 31.99 | 0.06(0.19%) | 13781 |
| Barrick Gold Corporation, NYSE | ABX | 13.13 | -0.06(-0.45%) | 895 |
| Boeing Co | BA | 345.5 | 1.36(0.40%) | 14177 |
| Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 154.15 | 0.46(0.30%) | 2151 |
| Chevron Corp | CVX | 129.45 | -0.01(-0.01%) | 419 |
| Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 43.3 | -0.16(-0.37%) | 29086 |
| Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 71.29 | -0.27(-0.38%) | 28277 |
| Deere & Company, NYSE | DE | 147 | 0.19(0.13%) | 186196 |
| Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 81.9 | 0.02(0.02%) | 11943 |
| Facebook, Inc. | FB | 183 | -0.76(-0.41%) | 53345 |
| Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 16.58 | -0.20(-1.19%) | 6200 |
| General Electric Co | GE | 15.02 | -0.01(-0.07%) | 203723 |
| Goldman Sachs | GS | 239.41 | 0.31(0.13%) | 403 |
| Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,061.29 | -17.30(-1.60%) | 23355 |
| Home Depot Inc | HD | 185.21 | -0.12(-0.06%) | 3643 |
| HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | HON | 147.95 | 0.83(0.56%) | 520 |
| Intel Corp | INTC | 54.48 | -0.33(-0.60%) | 20446 |
| International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 144.9 | 0.40(0.28%) | 1406 |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 124.2 | 0.35(0.28%) | 9121 |
| JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 112.91 | -0.05(-0.04%) | 5742 |
| McDonald's Corp | MCD | 162 | 0.69(0.43%) | 1271 |
| Merck & Co Inc | MRK | 58.8 | -0.27(-0.46%) | 1264 |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 95.88 | -0.30(-0.31%) | 22599 |
| Nike | NKE | 70.93 | -0.01(-0.01%) | 3567 |
| Pfizer Inc | PFE | 35.56 | -0.15(-0.42%) | 1112 |
| Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 73.94 | -0.02(-0.03%) | 2768 |
| Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 57.17 | -0.03(-0.05%) | 2912 |
| Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 284.4 | -0.14(-0.05%) | 12134 |
| The Coca-Cola Co | KO | 42.27 | -0.03(-0.07%) | 4499 |
| Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 32.53 | -0.05(-0.15%) | 28574 |
| United Technologies Corp | UTX | 124.11 | -0.50(-0.40%) | 288 |
| Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 47.95 | 0.10(0.21%) | 574 |
| Visa | V | 129.84 | -0.09(-0.07%) | 3814 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 84.25 | -0.24(-0.28%) | 32711 |
| Walt Disney Co | DIS | 104.8 | 0.46(0.44%) | 2502 |
Wal-Mart (WMT) reiterated with an Overweight at Stephens
Wal-Mart (WMT) reiterated with a Hold at Stifel
Wal-Mart (WMT) reiterated with an Outperform at Telsey
Visa (V) initiated with a Neutral at UBS
Intel (INTC) initiated with a Market Perform at Cowen
Deere (DE) reported Q2 FY 2018 earnings of $3.14 per share (versus $2.14 in Q2 FY 2017), missing analysts' consensus estimate of $3.33.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $9.747 bln (+34.3% y/y), generally in-line with analysts' consensus estimate of $9.828 bln.
The company issued upside guidance for Q3, projecting Q3 equipment sales of ~$9.2 bln (+35% y/y) versus analysts' consensus estimate of $8.84 bln. It also raised guidance for FY 2018, projecting FY18 equipment sales of ~$33.65 bln (+30% y/y) versus analysts' consensus estimate of $33.55 bln.
DE fell to $146.50 (-0.21%) in pre-market trading.