U.S. stock-index futures rose on Monday as investors' risk appetite improved as major global economies were returning to work amid slowing coronavirus infection rates. Meanwhile, Moderna's (MRNA; +27.9%) announcement of positive results from a Phase 1 clinical trial for its candidate Covid-19 vaccine stoked optimism about a potential coronavirus vaccine.
Global Stocks:
| Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
| Nikkei | 20,133.73 | +96.26 | +0.48% |
| Hang Seng | 23,934.77 | +137.30 | +0.58% |
| Shanghai | 2,875.42 | +6.96 | +0.24% |
| S&P/ASX | 5,460.50 | +55.70 | +1.03% |
| FTSE | 5,979.25 | +179.48 | +3.09% |
| CAC | 4,431.31 | +153.68 | +3.59% |
| DAX | 10,889.92 | +424.75 | +4.06% |
| Crude oil | $32.22 | | +9.48% |
| Gold | $1,742.00 | | -0.81% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
| 3M Co | MMM | 143.3 | 4.61(3.32%) | 20988 |
| ALCOA INC. | AA | 6.99 | 0.33(4.96%) | 108850 |
| ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 37.52 | 0.93(2.54%) | 32482 |
| Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 2,403.40 | -6.38(-0.26%) | 67451 |
| American Express Co | AXP | 86.02 | 3.80(4.62%) | 52578 |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP | AIG | 27.81 | 1.34(5.06%) | 12678 |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL | 312.5 | 4.79(1.56%) | 501764 |
| AT&T Inc | T | 28.96 | 0.65(2.30%) | 185668 |
| Boeing Co | BA | 125.9 | 5.90(4.92%) | 623703 |
| Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 111.7 | 3.78(3.50%) | 191228 |
| Chevron Corp | CVX | 91.8 | 3.93(4.47%) | 62780 |
| Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 45.08 | 0.81(1.83%) | 107366 |
| Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 43.79 | 1.87(4.46%) | 414014 |
| Deere & Company, NYSE | DE | 129.91 | 3.90(3.10%) | 2695 |
| E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co | DD | 46.98 | 1.53(3.37%) | 4910 |
| Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 43.88 | 1.88(4.48%) | 285201 |
| Facebook, Inc. | FB | 213 | 2.12(1.01%) | 207834 |
| FedEx Corporation, NYSE | FDX | 112.11 | 4.59(4.27%) | 20015 |
| Ford Motor Co. | F | 5.12 | 0.22(4.49%) | 3055605 |
| Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 8.94 | 0.46(5.42%) | 133690 |
| General Electric Co | GE | 5.76 | 0.27(4.92%) | 2387363 |
| General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 23.95 | 1.32(5.83%) | 153825 |
| Goldman Sachs | GS | 177.75 | 5.88(3.42%) | 37894 |
| Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,366.00 | -7.19(-0.52%) | 17509 |
| Hewlett-Packard Co. | HPQ | 15.37 | 0.51(3.43%) | 37904 |
| Home Depot Inc | HD | 246.6 | 7.27(3.04%) | 46356 |
| HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | HON | 128.95 | 3.54(2.82%) | 2002 |
| Intel Corp | INTC | 59.71 | 1.43(2.45%) | 83434 |
| International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 119.93 | 2.95(2.52%) | 18812 |
| International Paper Company | IP | 32 | 0.95(3.06%) | 954 |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 152.9 | 2.46(1.64%) | 27708 |
| JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 88.88 | 2.98(3.47%) | 312774 |
| McDonald's Corp | MCD | 177.05 | 3.24(1.86%) | 21421 |
| Merck & Co Inc | MRK | 81.44 | 1.66(2.08%) | 14796 |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 185.6 | 2.44(1.33%) | 328758 |
| Nike | NKE | 89.5 | 2.51(2.89%) | 20901 |
| Pfizer Inc | PFE | 38.28 | 0.52(1.38%) | 83064 |
| Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 115.65 | 1.04(0.91%) | 235352 |
| Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 76.55 | 2.39(3.22%) | 93450 |
| Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 828 | 28.83(3.61%) | 306918 |
| The Coca-Cola Co | KO | 44.55 | 1.29(2.98%) | 101384 |
| Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 29.64 | 0.64(2.21%) | 194775 |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 297.95 | 6.99(2.40%) | 6876 |
| Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 55.49 | 0.78(1.43%) | 45997 |
| Visa | V | 188.75 | 5.26(2.87%) | 134394 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 127.4 | 1.46(1.16%) | 171120 |
| Walt Disney Co | DIS | 113.51 | 4.46(4.09%) | 344355 |
| Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 40.22 | 1.23(3.15%) | 1398 |
NVIDIA (NVDA) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at BMO Capital Markets; target raised to $425
FXStreet reports that Randy Frederick from Charles Schwab notes that Q1 earnings season is nearly over while the market remains more resilient than the extremely high valuations and horrific economic data would logically portend.
“From a growth standpoint, Q1 EPS is -7.3% y/o/y; Q1 revenue is +0.9% y/o/y. This compares to +0.6% and +3.4% respectively in Q4.”
“While it wouldn’t surprise me if the SPX pulled back 5% - 10%, it seems unlikely that it will break the 3/23 low again.”
“Technically, the SPX remains in a bull market (still up more than 27% from the 3/23 low) so 2,237 remains the primary downside technical support, with potential interim support at the 50-day SMA (now at 2,712) and the 2018 low of 2,351.”
| Index | Change, points | Closed | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIKKEI 225 | 122.69 | 20037.47 | 0.62 |
| Hang Seng | -32.27 | 23797.47 | -0.14 |
| KOSPI | 2.32 | 1927.28 | 0.12 |
| ASX 200 | 76.1 | 5404.8 | 1.43 |
| FTSE 100 | 58.23 | 5799.77 | 1.01 |
| DAX | 128.15 | 10465.17 | 1.24 |
| CAC 40 | 4.5 | 4277.63 | 0.11 |
| Dow Jones | 60.08 | 23685.42 | 0.25 |
| S&P 500 | 11.2 | 2863.7 | 0.39 |
| NASDAQ Composite | 70.84 | 9014.56 | 0.79 |