U.S. stock-index futures plunged on Friday, pointing to a significantly lower open. Disappointing earnings reports from tech giants Amazon (AMZN) and Alphabet (GOOG) hurt the market sentiment.
Global Stocks:
| Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
| Nikkei | 21,184.60 | -84.13 | -0.40% |
| Hang Seng | 24,717.63 | -276.83 | -1.11% |
| Shanghai | 2,598.85 | -4.95 | -0.19% |
| S&P/ASX | 5,665.20 | +1.10 | +0.02% |
| FTSE | 6,930.34 | -73.76 | -1.05% |
| CAC | 4,954.63 | -77.67 | -1.54% |
| DAX | 11,198.09 | -109.03 | -0.96% |
| Crude | $66.65 | | -1.01% |
| Gold | $1,236.40 | | +0.32% |
Wall Street. Stocks before the bell
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
| 3M Co | MMM | 182.49 | -2.50(-1.35%) | 1096 |
| ALCOA INC. | AA | 33.85 | -0.71(-2.05%) | 1708 |
| ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 62.68 | -0.48(-0.76%) | 10872 |
| Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 1,640.00 | -142.17(-7.98%) | 324381 |
| American Express Co | AXP | 101.71 | -1.89(-1.82%) | 24438 |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL | 216.77 | -3.03(-1.38%) | 557954 |
| AT&T Inc | T | 29.92 | -0.06(-0.20%) | 92774 |
| Barrick Gold Corporation, NYSE | ABX | 12.66 | 0.09(0.72%) | 116888 |
| Boeing Co | BA | 358.75 | -5.02(-1.38%) | 17363 |
| Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 113.75 | -1.88(-1.63%) | 15329 |
| Chevron Corp | CVX | 110.29 | -1.29(-1.16%) | 10257 |
| Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 44.4 | -1.07(-2.35%) | 57823 |
| Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 64.26 | -0.71(-1.09%) | 30247 |
| Deere & Company, NYSE | DE | 133.9 | -2.88(-2.11%) | 2140 |
| Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 77.65 | -0.66(-0.84%) | 20640 |
| Facebook, Inc. | FB | 146.75 | -4.20(-2.78%) | 334535 |
| FedEx Corporation, NYSE | FDX | 210 | -3.78(-1.77%) | 746 |
| Ford Motor Co. | F | 8.84 | -0.15(-1.67%) | 62722 |
| Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 11 | -0.25(-2.22%) | 116171 |
| General Electric Co | GE | 11.63 | -0.17(-1.44%) | 221342 |
| General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 31.5 | -0.50(-1.56%) | 4024 |
| Goldman Sachs | GS | 211 | -3.01(-1.41%) | 3743 |
| Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,047.77 | -47.80(-4.36%) | 32604 |
| Hewlett-Packard Co. | HPQ | 23.26 | -0.53(-2.23%) | 67200 |
| Home Depot Inc | HD | 176.83 | -2.24(-1.25%) | 4553 |
| Intel Corp | INTC | 45.09 | 0.78(1.76%) | 1149573 |
| International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 125.3 | -1.15(-0.91%) | 13675 |
| International Paper Company | IP | 43.69 | -0.07(-0.16%) | 400 |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 138.27 | -0.20(-0.14%) | 1259 |
| JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 103.8 | -1.06(-1.01%) | 9320 |
| McDonald's Corp | MCD | 173.9 | -1.41(-0.80%) | 3026 |
| Merck & Co Inc | MRK | 69.6 | -0.36(-0.51%) | 19118 |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 105.85 | -2.45(-2.26%) | 403403 |
| Nike | NKE | 72.15 | -0.95(-1.30%) | 7662 |
| Pfizer Inc | PFE | 43.1 | -0.31(-0.71%) | 6234 |
| Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 88.18 | -0.82(-0.92%) | 28042 |
| Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 58.14 | -0.82(-1.39%) | 11100 |
| Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 308.96 | -5.90(-1.87%) | 165790 |
| The Coca-Cola Co | KO | 46.29 | -0.22(-0.47%) | 29621 |
| Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 31.2 | -0.60(-1.89%) | 329086 |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 262.88 | -1.36(-0.51%) | 1229 |
| Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 56.02 | -0.41(-0.73%) | 7824 |
| Visa | V | 137.4 | -3.12(-2.22%) | 23378 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 98.67 | -0.51(-0.51%) | 31740 |
| Walt Disney Co | DIS | 112.76 | -1.40(-1.23%) | 8254 |
| Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 26.62 | -0.38(-1.41%) | 28568 |
Upgrades before the market open
Twitter (TWTR) upgraded to Outperform from Perform at Oppenheimer
Intel (INTC) reported Q3 FY 2018 earnings of $1.40 per share (versus $1.01 in Q3 FY 2017), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $1.15.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $19.163 bln (+18.7% y/y), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $18.115 bln.
The company also issued upside guidance for Q4 FY 2018, projecting EPS of $1.22 (versus analysts' consensus estimate of $1.09) and revenues of ~$19 bln (versus analysts' consensus estimate of $18.39 bln).
INTC fell to $44.10 (-0.47%) in pre-market trading.
Alphabet (GOOG) reported Q3 FY 2018 earnings of $13.06 per share (versus $9.57 in Q3 FY 2017), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $10.41.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $33.740 bln (+21.5% y/y), slightly missing analysts' consensus estimate of $34.040 bln.
GOOG fell to $1,036.83 (-5.36%) in pre-market trading.
Amazon (AMZN) reported Q3 FY 2018 earnings of $5.75 per share (versus $0.52 in Q3 FY 2017), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $3.09.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $56.576 bln (+29.3% y/y), slightly missing analysts' consensus estimate of $57.029 bln.
The company also issued downside guidance for Q4 FY2018, projecting revenues of $66.5-72.5 bln versus analysts' consensus estimate of $73.78 bln and operating income $2.1-3.6 bln versus analysts' consensus estimate of $3.89 bln.
AMZN fell to $1,625.00 (-8.82%) in pre-market trading.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 was down 0.9%. In Asia, Japan's Nikkei 225 edged 0.4% lower, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 0.7%.
U.S. futures pointed to opening falls of 0.4% and 0.5% for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500, respectively.
| Index | Change items | Closing price | % change |
| Nikkei | -822.45 | 21268.73 | -3.72% |
| TOPIX | -51.15 | 1600.92 | -3.10% |
| CSI 300 | +6.11 | 3194.31 | +0.19% |
| KOSPI | -34.28 | 2063.30 | -1.63% |
| FTSE 100 | +41.12 | 7004.10 | +0.59% |
| DAX | +115.49 | 11307.12 | 1.03% |
| CAC 40 | +79.21 | 5032.30 | +1.60% |
| DJIA | +401.13 | 24984.55 | +1.63% |
| S&P 500 | +49.47 | 2705.57 | +1.86% |
| NASDAQ | +209.94 | 7318.34 | +2.95% |