U.S. stock-index futures rose on Tuesday, helped by upbeat earnings reports from Home Depot (HD; +3.1%) and HP Inc. (HPQ; +2.7%), a day after the market recorded its worst decline in two years on concerns the coronavirus outbreak would dent global economic growth.
Global Stocks:
| Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
| Nikkei | 22,605.41 | -781.33 | -3.34% |
| Hang Seng | 26,893.23 | +72.35 | +0.27% |
| Shanghai | 3,013.05 | -18.18 | -0.60% |
| S&P/ASX | 6,866.60 | -111.70 | -1.60% |
| FTSE | 7,102.91 | -53.92 | -0.75% |
| CAC | 5,760.39 | -31.48 | -0.54% |
| DAX | 12,987.66 | -47.58 | -0.37% |
| Crude oil | $51.39 | | -0.08% |
| Gold | $1,653.00 | | -1.41% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
| 3M Co | MMM | 152.8 | 0.25(0.16%) | 5067 |
| ALCOA INC. | AA | 15.5 | 0.14(0.91%) | 6721 |
| ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 44.15 | 0.35(0.80%) | 7090 |
| Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 2,030.00 | 20.71(1.03%) | 66858 |
| American Express Co | AXP | 128.8 | 0.61(0.48%) | 4803 |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP | AIG | 46.12 | 0.42(0.92%) | 360 |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL | 301.52 | 3.34(1.12%) | 461778 |
| AT&T Inc | T | 38.2 | 0.15(0.39%) | 37332 |
| Boeing Co | BA | 318.85 | 0.95(0.30%) | 41853 |
| Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 133.02 | 0.85(0.64%) | 2486 |
| Chevron Corp | CVX | 105 | 0.29(0.28%) | 1758 |
| Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 44.18 | 0.18(0.41%) | 59665 |
| Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 73 | 0.47(0.65%) | 15788 |
| Deere & Company, NYSE | DE | 173.7 | 1.84(1.07%) | 520 |
| E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co | DD | 50.8 | 0.35(0.69%) | 923 |
| Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 56.55 | 0.19(0.34%) | 40208 |
| Facebook, Inc. | FB | 202.13 | 1.41(0.70%) | 114368 |
| FedEx Corporation, NYSE | FDX | 155.9 | 1.05(0.68%) | 1880 |
| Ford Motor Co. | F | 7.69 | 0.12(1.59%) | 201760 |
| Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 11.3 | 0.06(0.53%) | 12380 |
| General Electric Co | GE | 11.98 | 0.12(1.01%) | 330342 |
| General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 33.3 | 0.21(0.63%) | 10941 |
| Goldman Sachs | GS | 225.25 | 0.71(0.32%) | 2298 |
| Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,432.99 | 11.40(0.80%) | 12592 |
| Hewlett-Packard Co. | HPQ | 22.85 | 0.75(3.39%) | 582725 |
| Home Depot Inc | HD | 246.75 | 7.05(2.94%) | 91420 |
| HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | HON | 176.4 | 1.13(0.64%) | 220 |
| Intel Corp | INTC | 62.31 | 0.55(0.89%) | 81669 |
| International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 147.15 | 0.72(0.49%) | 4637 |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 146.26 | 0.35(0.24%) | 4400 |
| JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 133.4 | 1.24(0.94%) | 35833 |
| McDonald's Corp | MCD | 213.53 | 0.01(0.00%) | 4028 |
| Merck & Co Inc | MRK | 81.4 | 0.07(0.09%) | 5273 |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 173.9 | 3.01(1.76%) | 445886 |
| Nike | NKE | 96.52 | 0.61(0.64%) | 6179 |
| Pfizer Inc | PFE | 34.88 | 0.21(0.61%) | 26197 |
| Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 123.6 | 0.30(0.24%) | 3045 |
| Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 84.9 | 0.38(0.45%) | 7431 |
| Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 846.5 | 12.71(1.52%) | 294818 |
| The Coca-Cola Co | KO | 58.6 | -0.05(-0.09%) | 5786 |
| Travelers Companies Inc | TRV | 134.01 | -0.11(-0.08%) | 673 |
| Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 36.3 | 0.41(1.14%) | 90044 |
| United Technologies Corp | UTX | 147.94 | 1.36(0.93%) | 892 |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 278.53 | 0.74(0.27%) | 18068 |
| Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 58.1 | 0.11(0.19%) | 1988 |
| Visa | V | 198.39 | -0.40(-0.20%) | 73432 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 116.75 | 0.43(0.37%) | 5867 |
| Walt Disney Co | DIS | 133.8 | 0.79(0.59%) | 25492 |
| Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 42.8 | 0.78(1.86%) | 230831 |
Tesla (TSLA) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies; target raised to $800
NVIDIA (NVDA) downgraded to Reduce from Neutral at Nomura; target lowered to $230
Micron (MU) downgraded to Underperform from Buy at BofA/Merrill; target $50
Home Depot (HD) reported Q4 FY 2019 earnings of $2.28 per share (versus $2.25 per share in Q4 FY 2018), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $2.11 per share.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $25.782 bln (-2.7% y/y), in line with analysts' consensus estimate of $25.782 bln.
The company also issued downside guidance for FY 2020, projecting EPS of ~$10.45 (versus analysts' consensus estimate of $10.55) and revenues of +3.5-4.0% y/y to $114.1-114.6 bln (versus analysts' consensus estimate of $114.91 bln).
HD rose to $245.61 (+2.47%) in pre-market trading.
HP (HPQ) reported Q1 FY 2020 earnings of $0.65 per share (versus $0.52 per share in Q1 FY 2019), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $0.54 per share.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $14.618 bln (-0.6% y/y), roughly in line with analysts' consensus estimate of $14.637 bln.
The company issued downside guidance for Q2 FY 2020, projecting EPS of $0.49-0.53 versus analysts' consensus estimate of $0.54.
For FY 2020, the company projected EPS of $2.33-2.43 versus analysts' consensus estimate of $2.24.
HPQ rose to $22.90 (+3.62%) in pre-market trading.
| Index | Change, points | Closed | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hang Seng | -487.93 | 26820.88 | -1.79 |
| KOSPI | -83.8 | 2079.04 | -3.87 |
| ASX 200 | -160.7 | 6978.3 | -2.25 |
| FTSE 100 | -247.09 | 7156.83 | -3.34 |
| DAX | -544.09 | 13035.24 | -4.01 |
| CAC 40 | -237.85 | 5791.87 | -3.94 |
| Dow Jones | -1031.61 | 27960.8 | -3.56 |
| S&P 500 | -111.86 | 3225.89 | -3.35 |
| NASDAQ Composite | -355.31 | 9221.28 | -3.71 |