U.S. stock-index futures were flat on Friday, as investors digested mixed macroeconomic data out of China and good earnings reports from Coca-Cola (KO; +1.9%) and American Express (AXP; +0.8%).
Global Stocks:
Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
Nikkei | 22,492.68 | +40.82 | +0.18% |
Hang Seng | 26,719.58 | -128.91 | -0.48% |
Shanghai | 2,938.14 | -39.19 | -1.32% |
S&P/ASX | 6,649.70 | -35.00 | -0.52% |
FTSE | 7,179.00 | -3.32 | -0.05% |
CAC | 5,647.22 | -25.85 | -0.46% |
DAX | 12,654.84 | -0.11 | 0.00% |
Crude oil | $54.49 | +1.04% | |
Gold | $1,494.40 | -0.26% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 44.5 | 0.22(0.50%) | 26205 |
Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 1,789.83 | 2.35(0.13%) | 11784 |
American Express Co | AXP | 120.99 | 1.89(1.59%) | 133064 |
Apple Inc. | AAPL | 235.21 | -0.07(-0.03%) | 47914 |
AT&T Inc | T | 38 | 0.19(0.50%) | 50829 |
Boeing Co | BA | 370 | 0.94(0.25%) | 1792 |
Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 129.67 | -1.37(-1.05%) | 18262 |
Chevron Corp | CVX | 115.4 | 0.05(0.04%) | 665 |
Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 47.09 | 0.06(0.13%) | 7512 |
Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 68.43 | 0.29(0.43%) | 2863 |
Facebook, Inc. | FB | 190.51 | 0.12(0.06%) | 17519 |
Ford Motor Co. | F | 9.12 | 0.01(0.11%) | 10191 |
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 9.5 | 0.06(0.64%) | 5601 |
General Electric Co | GE | 9.06 | 0.02(0.22%) | 11571 |
General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 36.21 | 0.02(0.06%) | 421 |
Goldman Sachs | GS | 206.8 | 0.34(0.16%) | 451 |
Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,253.98 | 0.91(0.07%) | 2081 |
Home Depot Inc | HD | 236.5 | -0.27(-0.11%) | 1370 |
Intel Corp | INTC | 51.68 | -0.18(-0.35%) | 608 |
International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 134.68 | 0.42(0.31%) | 5629 |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 132.77 | -3.40(-2.50%) | 41574 |
JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 120.55 | 0.20(0.17%) | 2307 |
McDonald's Corp | MCD | 207.38 | 0.53(0.26%) | 1122 |
Merck & Co Inc | MRK | 83.96 | 0.16(0.19%) | 1853 |
Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 140.08 | 0.39(0.28%) | 82020 |
Nike | NKE | 95 | -0.56(-0.59%) | 7496 |
Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 116.92 | 0.29(0.25%) | 2296 |
Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 86.25 | -0.04(-0.05%) | 650 |
Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 260.71 | -1.26(-0.48%) | 18297 |
The Coca-Cola Co | KO | 54.95 | 1.16(2.16%) | 585757 |
Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 39.72 | 0.11(0.28%) | 10241 |
UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 244.5 | 0.83(0.34%) | 1494 |
Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 60.49 | 0.08(0.13%) | 1303 |
Visa | V | 178.38 | 0.44(0.25%) | 3255 |
Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 119.44 | -0.40(-0.33%) | 2572 |
Walt Disney Co | DIS | 132.75 | 0.38(0.29%) | 4262 |
Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 30.59 | 0.30(0.99%) | 13967 |
UnitedHealth (UNH) initiated with a Buy at Mizuho; target $270
Microsoft (MSFT) resumed with an Outperform at RBC Capital Mkts; target $160
Twitter (TWTR) resumed with a Neutral at MKM Partners
Caterpillar (CAT) downgraded to Equal-Weight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley; target lowered to $145
Altria (MO) upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Citigroup; target raised to $46
Snap (SNAP) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA/Merrill; target $18
Barrick (GOLD) upgraded to Outperform from Mkt Perform at Raymond James
American Express (AXP) reported Q3 FY 2019 earnings of $2.08 per share (versus $1.88 in Q3 FY 2018), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $2.02.
The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $10.989 bln (+8.3% y/y), generally in line with analysts’ consensus estimate of $10.938 bln.
The company also issues in-line guidance for Q4, projecting revenues of +8-10% y/y to ~$11.31-11.52 bln versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $11.39 bln.
It reaffirmed guidance for FY 2019, projecting EPS of $7.85-8.35 versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $8.10.
AXP rose to $121.60 (+2.10%) in pre-market trading.
Coca-Cola (KO) reported Q3 FY 2019 earnings of $0.56 per share (versus $0.57 in Q3 FY 2018), in line with analysts’ consensus estimate.
The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $9.507 bln (+8.3% y/y), slightly beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $9.424 bln.
KO rose to $54.52 (+1.36%) in pre-market trading.
| Index | Change, points | Closed | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIKKEI 225 | -21.06 | 22451.86 | -0.09 |
| Hang Seng | 184.21 | 26848.49 | 0.69 |
| KOSPI | -4.89 | 2077.94 | -0.23 |
| ASX 200 | -51.8 | 6684.7 | -0.77 |
| FTSE 100 | 14.37 | 7182.32 | 0.2 |
| DAX | -15.16 | 12654.95 | -0.12 |
| Dow Jones | 23.9 | 27025.88 | 0.09 |
| S&P 500 | 8.26 | 2997.95 | 0.28 |
| NASDAQ Composite | 32.67 | 8156.85 | 0.4 |