U.S. stock-index futures surged on Wednesday, as investors clung to hopes that solid fiscal and monetary stimulus would support the recovery of the coronavirus-hit economy, while assessing solid quarterly earnings reports from Target (TGT; +0.7%) and Lowe's (LOW; +4.8%).
Global Stocks:
| Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
| Nikkei | 20,595.15 | +161.70 | +0.79% |
| Hang Seng | 24,399.95 | +11.82 | +0.05% |
| Shanghai | 2,883.74 | -14.84 | -0.51% |
| S&P/ASX | 5,573.00 | +13.50 | +0.24% |
| FTSE | 6,030.46 | +28.23 | +0.47 |
| CAC | 4,446.63 | -11.53 | -0.26% |
| DAX | 11,108.19 | +32.90 | +0.30% |
| Crude oil | $32.68 | | +2.25% |
| Gold | $1,749.80 | | +0.24% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
| 3M Co | MMM | 150.32 | 1.94(1.31%) | 6794 |
| ALCOA INC. | AA | 7.96 | 0.22(2.84%) | 16785 |
| ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 37.7 | 0.58(1.56%) | 12240 |
| Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 2,472.40 | 23.07(0.94%) | 40476 |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP | AIG | 28.38 | 0.75(2.71%) | 942 |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL | 316.55 | 3.41(1.09%) | 214166 |
| AT&T Inc | T | 29.35 | 0.39(1.35%) | 96393 |
| Boeing Co | BA | 133.9 | 3.46(2.65%) | 277179 |
| Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 114.12 | 2.04(1.82%) | 4280 |
| Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 45.15 | 0.55(1.22%) | 53554 |
| Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 45.28 | 0.85(1.91%) | 87959 |
| Deere & Company, NYSE | DE | 138 | 1.85(1.36%) | 698 |
| E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co | DD | 48.5 | 0.72(1.51%) | 996 |
| Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 44.98 | 1.04(2.37%) | 116400 |
| Facebook, Inc. | FB | 223.3 | 6.42(2.96%) | 529724 |
| FedEx Corporation, NYSE | FDX | 117 | 2.21(1.93%) | 4593 |
| Ford Motor Co. | F | 5.42 | 0.12(2.26%) | 704643 |
| Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 9.33 | 0.19(2.08%) | 55863 |
| General Electric Co | GE | 6.34 | 0.13(2.09%) | 970038 |
| General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 25.22 | 0.53(2.15%) | 72289 |
| Goldman Sachs | GS | 179.5 | 1.67(0.94%) | 2815 |
| Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,390.00 | 16.51(1.20%) | 4601 |
| Hewlett-Packard Co. | HPQ | 17.09 | 0.36(2.15%) | 142981 |
| Home Depot Inc | HD | 240.95 | 2.85(1.20%) | 34549 |
| HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | HON | 133.75 | 1.80(1.36%) | 1437 |
| Intel Corp | INTC | 61.24 | 0.95(1.58%) | 21617 |
| International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 121.69 | 1.40(1.16%) | 7821 |
| International Paper Company | IP | 32.5 | 0.49(1.53%) | 638 |
| JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 90.51 | 1.84(2.08%) | 788525 |
| McDonald's Corp | MCD | 181.57 | 2.00(1.11%) | 9128 |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 185.19 | 2.07(1.13%) | 116621 |
| Nike | NKE | 93.1 | 1.59(1.74%) | 8494 |
| Pfizer Inc | PFE | 38.03 | 0.35(0.93%) | 20753 |
| Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 113.35 | 0.91(0.81%) | 7025 |
| Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 76.88 | 1.02(1.34%) | 22497 |
| Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 821 | 12.99(1.61%) | 117344 |
| The Coca-Cola Co | KO | 45.12 | 0.58(1.30%) | 53349 |
| Travelers Companies Inc | TRV | 95.59 | 2.32(2.49%) | 703 |
| Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 30.4 | 0.52(1.74%) | 142185 |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 292.83 | 3.78(1.31%) | 878 |
| Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 54.76 | 0.38(0.70%) | 30504 |
| Visa | V | 192.21 | 2.85(1.51%) | 14223 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 126.27 | 1.32(1.06%) | 184426 |
| Walt Disney Co | DIS | 116.5 | 2.13(1.86%) | 80546 |
| Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 41.77 | 1.08(2.65%) | 1094 |
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Odeon; target $105.75
Target (TGT) reported Q1 FY 2020 earnings of $0.59 per share (versus $1.53 per share in Q1 FY 2019), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $0.40 per share.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $19.371 bln (+11.3% y/y), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $19.038 bln.
TGT fell to $121.47 (-1.38%) in pre-market trading.
Lowe's (LOW) reported Q1 FY 2020 earnings of $1.77 per share (versus $1.22 per share in Q1 FY 2019), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $1.32 per share.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $19.675 bln (+10.9% y/y), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $18.330 bln.
LOW rose to $126.10 (+7.90%) in pre-market trading.
| Index | Change, points | Closed | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIKKEI 225 | 299.72 | 20433.45 | 1.49 |
| Hang Seng | 453.36 | 24388.13 | 1.89 |
| KOSPI | 43.5 | 1980.61 | 2.25 |
| ASX 200 | 99 | 5559.5 | 1.81 |
| FTSE 100 | -46.36 | 6002.23 | -0.77 |
| DAX | 16.42 | 11075.29 | 0.15 |
| CAC 40 | -40.18 | 4458.16 | -0.89 |
| Dow Jones | -390.51 | 24206.86 | -1.59 |
| S&P 500 | -30.97 | 2922.94 | -1.05 |
| NASDAQ Composite | -49.73 | 9185.1 | -0.54 |