U.S. stock-index futures rose on Friday, supported by Amazon's (AMZN) robust earnings and solid U.S. Q2 GDP data.
Global Stocks:
| Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
| Nikkei | 22,712.75 | +125.88 | +0.56% |
| Hang Seng | 28,804.28 | +23.14 | +0.08% |
| Shanghai | 2,873.59 | -8.63 | -0.30% |
| S&P/ASX | 6,300.20 | +55.70 | +0.89% |
| FTSE | 7,701.89 | +38.72 | +0.51% |
| CAC | 5,496.69 | +16.14 | +0.29% |
| DAX | 12,871.62 | +62.39 | +0.49% |
| Crude | $69.45 | | -0.23% |
| Gold | $1,231.40 | | -0.32% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
| 3M Co | MMM | 208.4 | 0.44(0.21%) | 1248 |
| ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 56.2 | 0.10(0.18%) | 795 |
| Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 1,888.00 | 80.00(4.42%) | 181440 |
| American Express Co | AXP | 103.05 | 0.55(0.54%) | 2425 |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL | 194.98 | 0.77(0.40%) | 131852 |
| AT&T Inc | T | 30.45 | 0.10(0.33%) | 21280 |
| Barrick Gold Corporation, NYSE | ABX | 11.12 | 0.02(0.18%) | 13946 |
| Boeing Co | BA | 361.25 | 1.93(0.54%) | 5092 |
| Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 143.24 | 0.66(0.46%) | 5906 |
| Chevron Corp | CVX | 120.88 | -3.07(-2.48%) | 37012 |
| Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 43.24 | -0.29(-0.67%) | 4741 |
| Deere & Company, NYSE | DE | 143.11 | 0.38(0.27%) | 500 |
| Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 80.58 | -3.66(-4.34%) | 326496 |
| Facebook, Inc. | FB | 178 | 1.74(0.99%) | 782492 |
| Ford Motor Co. | F | 9.93 | 0.04(0.40%) | 134481 |
| Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 16.08 | 0.11(0.69%) | 6132 |
| General Electric Co | GE | 13.14 | -0.01(-0.08%) | 27426 |
| General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 36.85 | 0.10(0.27%) | 4983 |
| Goldman Sachs | GS | 237 | -0.11(-0.05%) | 1637 |
| Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,272.00 | 3.67(0.29%) | 8582 |
| Home Depot Inc | HD | 200.25 | 0.85(0.43%) | 1806 |
| Intel Corp | INTC | 48.81 | -3.35(-6.42%) | 1121760 |
| International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 147 | 0.29(0.20%) | 4276 |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 130.35 | 0.07(0.05%) | 918 |
| McDonald's Corp | MCD | 156.5 | 0.36(0.23%) | 3203 |
| Merck & Co Inc | MRK | 63.85 | -0.16(-0.25%) | 33840 |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 110.15 | 0.53(0.48%) | 56846 |
| Nike | NKE | 78.21 | 0.06(0.08%) | 1057 |
| Pfizer Inc | PFE | 38.05 | -0.11(-0.29%) | 6976 |
| Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 79.75 | -0.34(-0.42%) | 3514 |
| Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 51.38 | -0.07(-0.14%) | 17680 |
| Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 306.51 | -0.14(-0.05%) | 9910 |
| The Coca-Cola Co | KO | 46.05 | -0.19(-0.41%) | 567 |
| Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 37.98 | -4.96(-11.55%) | 8048559 |
| United Technologies Corp | UTX | 133.5 | -2.34(-1.72%) | 1214 |
| Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 51.21 | 0.03(0.06%) | 200 |
| Visa | V | 143.25 | 0.75(0.53%) | 7527 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 88.2 | -0.03(-0.03%) | 1618 |
| Walt Disney Co | DIS | 113.5 | -0.01(-0.01%) | 2027 |
| Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 37.86 | 0.49(1.31%) | 8587 |
McDonald's (MCD) target lowered to $175 at Telsey Advisory Group
Intel (INTC) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at BofA/Merrill
Intel (INTC) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup
Facebook (FB) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Edward Jones
Chevron (CVX) reported Q2 FY 2018 earnings of $1.78 per share (versus $0.77 in Q2 FY 2017), missing analysts' consensus estimate of $2.09.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $42.236 bln (+22.5% y/y), missing analysts' consensus estimate of $46.622 bln.
CVX fell to $120.80 (-2.54%) in pre-market trading.
Exxon Mobil (XOM) reported Q2 FY 2018 earnings of $0.92 per share (versus $0.78 in Q2 FY 2017), missing analysts' consensus estimate of $1.27.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $73.501 bln (+26.6% y/y), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $71.656 bln.
XOM fell to $82.50 (-2.07%) in pre-market trading.
Twitter (TWTR) reported Q2 FY 2018 earnings of $0.17 per share (versus $0.08 in Q2 FY 2017), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $0.16.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $0.711 bln (+23.8% y/y), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $0.697 bln.
Twitter also said its average MAUs were 335 million for Q2, an increase of 9 million y/y and a decrease of 1 million q/q and warned about a possible decline in MAUs in the mid-single-digit millions on a sequential basis in Q3.
TWTR fell to $36.31 (-15.44%) in pre-market trading.
Merck (MRK) reported Q2 FY 2018 earnings of $1.06 per share (versus $1.01 in Q2 FY 2017), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $1.03.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $10.465 bln (+5.4% y/y), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $10.280 bln.
The company also issued in-line guidance for FY 2018, projecting EPS of $4.22-4.30 (versus its prior guidance of $4.16-4.28 and analysts' consensus estimate of $4.24) and revenues of $42-42.8 bln (versus its prior guidance of $41.8-43 bln and analysts' consensus estimate of $42.12 bln).
MRK rose to $64.98 (+1.52%) in pre-market trading.
Starbucks (SBUX) reported Q3 FY 2018 earnings of $0.62 per share (versus $0.55 in Q3 FY 2017), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $0.60.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $6.310 bln (+11.5% y/y), generally in-line with analysts' consensus estimate of $6.252 bln.
The company also issued upside guidance for Q4, projecting EPS of $0.68 versus analysts' consensus estimate of $0.63.
SBUX fell to $51.31 (-0.27%) in pre-market trading.
Intel (INTC) reported Q2 FY 2018 earnings of $1.04 per share (versus $0.72 in Q2 FY 2017), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $0.97.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $16.962 bln (+14.9% y/y), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $16.776 bln.
Intel issued guidance for Q3, projecting EPS of $1.10-1.20 versus analysts' consensus estimate of $1.08 and revenues of $17.6-18.6 bln versus analysts' consensus estimate of $17.62 bln.
The company also raised its FY 2018 EPS guidance to $3.94-4.36 (versus analysts' consensus estimate of $4.01) and revenues guidance to $68.5-70.5 bln (versus analysts' consensus estimate of $68.38 bln).
INTC fell to $48.64 (-6.75%) in pre-market trading.
Amazon (AMZN) reported Q2 FY 2018 earnings of $5.07 per share (versus $0.40 in Q2 FY 2017), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $2.53.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $52.886 bln (+39.3% y/y), slightly missing analysts' consensus estimate of $53.371 bln.
The company also issued guidance for Q3, projecting Q3 revenues of $54.0-57.5 bln (versus analysts' consensus estimate of $58.04 bln) and operating income of $1.4-2.4 bln (versus analysts' consensus estimate of $1.3 bln).
AMZN rose to $1,884.20 (4.21%) in pre-market trading.