U.S. stock-index futures rose on Friday, as investors awaited a speech from the Fed's chairman Jerome Powell for clues regarding the further direction of monetary policy.
Global Stocks:
| Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
| Nikkei | 22,601.77 | +190.95 | +0.85% |
| Hang Seng | 27,671.87 | -118.59 | -0.43% |
| Shanghai | 2,729.43 | +4.80 | +0.18% |
| S&P/ASX | 6,247.30 | +2.90 | +0.05% |
| FTSE | 7,576.18 | +12.96 | +0.17% |
| CAC | 5,437.20 | +17.87 | +0.33% |
| DAX | 12,382.18 | +16.60 | +0.13% |
| Crude | $1,199.60 | | +0.47% |
| Gold | $68.66 | | +1.22% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
| ALCOA INC. | AA | 42.3 | 0.28(0.67%) | 175 |
| ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 59.43 | -0.39(-0.65%) | 12357 |
| Barrick Gold Corporation, NYSE | ABX | 10.38 | 0.15(1.47%) | 23878 |
| Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 137.36 | 0.57(0.42%) | 5198 |
| Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 46.15 | 0.13(0.28%) | 3853 |
| Ford Motor Co. | F | 9.65 | 0.02(0.21%) | 23553 |
| Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 14.39 | 0.21(1.48%) | 4750 |
| Hewlett-Packard Co. | HPQ | 23.78 | -0.85(-3.45%) | 39850 |
| Intel Corp | INTC | 47.06 | 0.08(0.17%) | 4280 |
| International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 145.83 | 0.46(0.32%) | 529 |
| McDonald's Corp | MCD | 159 | -0.05(-0.03%) | 499 |
| Merck & Co Inc | MRK | 68.27 | -0.70(-1.01%) | 13852 |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 107.55 | -0.01(-0.01%) | 23024 |
| Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 34.09 | 0.21(0.62%) | 51865 |
| Visa | V | 142.5 | 0.40(0.28%) | 3644 |
Altria (MO) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies
HP (HPQ) reported Q3 FY 2018 earnings of $0.52 per share (versus $0.43 in Q3 FY 2017), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $0.51.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $14.586 bln (+11.7% y/y), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $14.288 bln.
The company also issued EPS forecasts for Q4 and FY2018 of a respective $0.52-0.55 (versus analysts' consensus estimate of $0.53) and $2.00-2.03 (versus its prior guidance of 1.97-$2.02 and analysts' consensus estimate of $2.00).
HPQ fell to $23.89 (-3.00%) in pre-market trading.