U.S. stock-index futures rose slightly on Wednesday after four days of declines on concerns the coronavirus outbreak would dent global economic growth.
Global Stocks:
| Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
| Nikkei | 22,426.19 | -179.22 | -0.79% |
| Hang Seng | 26,696.49 | -196.74 | -0.73% |
| Shanghai | 2,987.93 | -25.12 | -0.83% |
| S&P/ASX | 6,708.10 | -158.50 | -2.31% |
| FTSE | 7,002.87 | -15.01 | -0.21% |
| CAC | 5,690.29 | +10.61 | +0.19% |
| DAX | 12,788.29 | -2.20 | -0.02% |
| Crude oil | $49.30 | | -1.20% |
| Gold | $1,634.60 | | -0.93% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
| 3M Co | MMM | 150 | 3.15(2.15%) | 15159 |
| ALCOA INC. | AA | 14.66 | 0.16(1.10%) | 7789 |
| ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 42.4 | -0.09(-0.21%) | 7830 |
| Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 1,977.25 | 4.51(0.23%) | 82422 |
| American Express Co | AXP | 121 | 0.10(0.08%) | 8598 |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP | AIG | 45.32 | 0.08(0.18%) | 3061 |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL | 289.01 | 0.93(0.32%) | 565569 |
| AT&T Inc | T | 37.18 | -0.17(-0.46%) | 104000 |
| Boeing Co | BA | 307.48 | 3.34(1.10%) | 36025 |
| Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 130.3 | 1.30(1.01%) | 8551 |
| Chevron Corp | CVX | 101.12 | 0.41(0.41%) | 11051 |
| Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 43.02 | 0.28(0.66%) | 101783 |
| Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 70.4 | 0.97(1.40%) | 57582 |
| Deere & Company, NYSE | DE | 166.8 | 0.15(0.09%) | 909 |
| E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co | DD | 47.99 | 0.52(1.10%) | 3086 |
| Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 54.6 | 0.40(0.74%) | 57661 |
| Facebook, Inc. | FB | 198 | 1.23(0.63%) | 162160 |
| FedEx Corporation, NYSE | FDX | 146.9 | 1.30(0.89%) | 4791 |
| Ford Motor Co. | F | 7.32 | 0.09(1.24%) | 207603 |
| Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 10.8 | 0.07(0.65%) | 26739 |
| General Electric Co | GE | 11.36 | 0.04(0.35%) | 280267 |
| General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 32.1 | 0.35(1.10%) | 23154 |
| Goldman Sachs | GS | 219.7 | 2.09(0.96%) | 6097 |
| Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,393.00 | 4.55(0.33%) | 11609 |
| Hewlett-Packard Co. | HPQ | 23.28 | -0.07(-0.30%) | 12424 |
| Home Depot Inc | HD | 238.99 | 1.61(0.68%) | 14942 |
| Intel Corp | INTC | 60.07 | 0.34(0.57%) | 74168 |
| International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 142.7 | 0.99(0.70%) | 15979 |
| International Paper Company | IP | 39.24 | 0.01(0.03%) | 360 |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 144.15 | -0.50(-0.35%) | 14657 |
| JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 127.1 | 0.84(0.67%) | 24120 |
| McDonald's Corp | MCD | 211.67 | -0.43(-0.20%) | 26401 |
| Merck & Co Inc | MRK | 80.3 | 0.03(0.04%) | 7272 |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 169.18 | 1.11(0.66%) | 515433 |
| Nike | NKE | 92.41 | -0.49(-0.53%) | 21163 |
| Pfizer Inc | PFE | 34 | 0.07(0.21%) | 31059 |
| Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 121.03 | -0.40(-0.33%) | 21590 |
| Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 82.76 | 0.57(0.69%) | 19859 |
| Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 790 | -9.91(-1.24%) | 407083 |
| The Coca-Cola Co | KO | 57.6 | -0.22(-0.38%) | 45713 |
| Travelers Companies Inc | TRV | 131.49 | 0.70(0.54%) | 609 |
| Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 35.28 | 0.07(0.20%) | 66317 |
| United Technologies Corp | UTX | 140 | 1.19(0.86%) | 3845 |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 264.5 | 1.11(0.42%) | 6528 |
| Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 57.35 | 0.23(0.40%) | 30800 |
| Visa | V | 187.12 | -1.28(-0.68%) | 175097 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 114.7 | 0.31(0.27%) | 6907 |
| Walt Disney Co | DIS | 126.75 | -1.44(-1.12%) | 221566 |
| Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 40.43 | 0.37(0.92%) | 221188 |
Home Depot (HD) target raised to $244 from $230 at Telsey Advisory Group
NIKE (NKE) downgraded to Hold from Buy at HSBC Securities; target $112
Lowe's (LOW) reported Q4 FY 2019 earnings of $0.94 per share (versus $0.80 per share in Q4 FY 2018), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $0.91 per share.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $16.027 bln (+2.4% y/y), roughly in line with analysts' consensus estimate of $16.130 bln.
The company also issued downside guidance for FY 2020, projecting EPS of $6.45-6.65 (versus analysts' consensus estimate of $6.66) and revenues of +2.5-3.0% y/y to $73.95-74.3 bln (versus analysts' consensus estimate of $74.39 bln).
LOW fell to $115.00 (-2.97%) in pre-market trading.
| Index | Change, points | Closed | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIKKEI 225 | -781.33 | 22605.41 | -3.34 |
| Hang Seng | 72.35 | 26893.23 | 0.27 |
| KOSPI | 24.57 | 2103.61 | 1.18 |
| ASX 200 | -111.7 | 6866.6 | -1.6 |
| FTSE 100 | -138.95 | 7017.88 | -1.94 |
| DAX | -244.75 | 12790.49 | -1.88 |
| CAC 40 | -112.19 | 5679.68 | -1.94 |
| Dow Jones | -879.44 | 27081.36 | -3.15 |
| S&P 500 | -97.68 | 3128.21 | -3.03 |
| NASDAQ Composite | -255.67 | 8965.61 | -2.77 |