U.S. stock-index futures rose moderately on Thursday, as investors digested the weekly jobless claims and a rally in the oil market. Grim PMI data out of the eurozone and a mixed batch of earnings reports also kept sentiment in check.
Global Stocks:
| Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
| Nikkei | 19,429.44 | +291.49 | +1.52% |
| Hang Seng | 23,977.32 | +83.96 | +0.35% |
| Shanghai | 2,838.50 | -5.48 | -0.19% |
| S&P/ASX | 5,217.10 | -4.10 | -0.08% |
| FTSE | 5,780.77 | +10.14 | +0.18% |
| CAC | 4,431.18 | +19.38 | +0.44% |
| DAX | 10,400.31 | -14.72 | -0.14% |
| Crude oil | $16.74 | | +21.48% |
| Gold | $1,748.80 | | +0.60% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
| Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 2,400.00 | 36.51(1.54%) | 85287 |
| AT&T Inc | T | 29.6 | 0.13(0.44%) | 91580 |
| Boeing Co | BA | 136.25 | 1.28(0.95%) | 167751 |
| Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 42.69 | 0.45(1.07%) | 27564 |
| Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 42.94 | 0.81(1.93%) | 123775 |
| Facebook, Inc. | FB | 184 | 1.72(0.94%) | 94193 |
| Ford Motor Co. | F | 4.8 | 0.03(0.63%) | 186422 |
| Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 7.81 | 0.17(2.23%) | 23507 |
| General Electric Co | GE | 6.44 | 0.01(0.16%) | 480799 |
| Intel Corp | INTC | 59.98 | -0.12(-0.20%) | 242571 |
| JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 89.98 | 0.64(0.72%) | 65847 |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 174.2 | 0.68(0.39%) | 116055 |
| Pfizer Inc | PFE | 36.4 | 0.15(0.41%) | 56702 |
| Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 77.6 | 0.15(0.19%) | 11169 |
| Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 733 | 0.89(0.12%) | 147232 |
| Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 28.65 | 0.21(0.74%) | 70949 |
| Visa | V | 167.01 | 0.42(0.25%) | 54302 |
| Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 35.66 | 0.71(2.03%) | 9529 |
Amazon (AMZN) target raised to $2900 from $2600 at Goldman
General Electric (GE) target lowered to $9 from $11 at Citigroup
Apple (AAPL) downgraded to Outperform from Buy at Daiwa Securities; target lowered to $297
Walt Disney (DIS) removed from US 1 List at BofA/Merrill
Alcoa (AA) reported Q1 FY 2020 loss of $0.23 per share (versus -$0.23 per share in Q1 FY 2019), worse than analysts' consensus estimate of -$0.17 per share.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $2.381 bln (-12.4% y/y), generally in line with analysts' consensus estimate of $2.372 bln.
AA rose to $7.93 (+5.03%) in pre-market trading.
| Index | Change, points | Closed | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIKKEI 225 | -142.83 | 19137.95 | -0.74 |
| Hang Seng | 99.81 | 23893.36 | 0.42 |
| KOSPI | 16.77 | 1896.15 | 0.89 |
| ASX 200 | -0.1 | 5221.2 | -0 |
| FTSE 100 | 129.6 | 5770.63 | 2.3 |
| DAX | 165.18 | 10415.03 | 1.61 |
| CAC 40 | 54.34 | 4411.8 | 1.25 |
| Dow Jones | 456.94 | 23475.82 | 1.99 |
| S&P 500 | 62.75 | 2799.31 | 2.29 |
| NASDAQ Composite | 232.15 | 8495.38 | 2.81 |