U.S. stock-index futures rose on Wednesday, as upbeat quarterly results/guidance from Apple (AAPL) and several other marquee companies overshadowed concerns over the economic impact of the fast-spreading coronavirus.
Global Stocks:
| Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
| Nikkei | 23,379.40 | +163.69 | +0.71% |
| Hang Seng | - | - | - |
| Shanghai | - | - | - |
| S&P/ASX | 7,031.50 | +37.00 | +0.53% |
| FTSE | 7,494.54 | +13.85 | +0.19% |
| CAC | 5,952.45 | +26.63 | +0.45% |
| DAX | 13,346.54 | +22.85 | +0.17% |
| Crude oil | $53.91 | | +0.80% |
| Gold | $1,569.90 | | +0.01% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
| 3M Co | MMM | 166.2 | 0.62(0.37%) | 15398 |
| ALCOA INC. | AA | 14.61 | -0.10(-0.68%) | 13900 |
| ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 50.2 | 0.03(0.06%) | 1664 |
| Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 1,863.94 | 10.69(0.58%) | 25286 |
| American Express Co | AXP | 133.53 | 1.08(0.82%) | 1598 |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL | 323.1 | 5.41(1.70%) | 976841 |
| AT&T Inc | T | 38.44 | -0.14(-0.36%) | 529199 |
| Boeing Co | BA | 326.5 | 9.94(3.14%) | 957103 |
| Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 137.07 | 0.33(0.24%) | 1699 |
| Chevron Corp | CVX | 111.7 | 0.58(0.52%) | 1122 |
| Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 47.85 | 0.08(0.17%) | 16795 |
| Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 77.28 | 0.04(0.05%) | 18734 |
| Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 64.96 | 0.31(0.48%) | 58798 |
| Facebook, Inc. | FB | 221.08 | 3.29(1.51%) | 293838 |
| FedEx Corporation, NYSE | FDX | 148.78 | 0.38(0.26%) | 1348 |
| Ford Motor Co. | F | 8.86 | 0.04(0.45%) | 228264 |
| Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 11.35 | 0.05(0.44%) | 16212 |
| General Electric Co | GE | 12.7 | 0.97(8.27%) | 12299189 |
| General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 33.85 | 0.21(0.62%) | 2664 |
| Goldman Sachs | GS | 245.5 | 2.92(1.20%) | 41930 |
| Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,461.49 | 8.93(0.61%) | 14075 |
| Home Depot Inc | HD | 235 | 1.14(0.49%) | 745 |
| Intel Corp | INTC | 67.18 | -0.13(-0.19%) | 36513 |
| International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 140.14 | 0.59(0.42%) | 2916 |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 149.1 | -0.40(-0.27%) | 85328 |
| JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 134.25 | -0.18(-0.13%) | 11161 |
| McDonald's Corp | MCD | 210.38 | -0.01(-0.00%) | 178413 |
| Merck & Co Inc | MRK | 86.44 | 0.19(0.22%) | 319 |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 167.3 | 1.84(1.11%) | 643908 |
| Nike | NKE | 100.6 | 0.19(0.19%) | 112151 |
| Pfizer Inc | PFE | 38.2 | 0.06(0.16%) | 38345 |
| Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 88.35 | -0.25(-0.28%) | 93421 |
| Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 573 | 6.10(1.08%) | 161819 |
| The Coca-Cola Co | KO | 57.15 | 0.14(0.25%) | 94425 |
| Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 33.55 | 0.13(0.39%) | 27756 |
| United Technologies Corp | UTX | 153.99 | 1.13(0.74%) | 1457 |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 283.28 | -2.59(-0.91%) | 6134 |
| Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 60.69 | -0.01(-0.02%) | 10597 |
| Visa | V | 204.01 | 1.16(0.57%) | 26755 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 116.61 | 0.01(0.01%) | 1243 |
| Walt Disney Co | DIS | 138.65 | 0.28(0.20%) | 17656 |
| Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 45.73 | 0.16(0.35%) | 44121 |
Boeing (BA) reported Q4 FY 2019 net loss of $2.33 per share (versus earnings of $5.48 per share in Q4 FY 2018), worse than analysts' consensus estimate of -$1.83 per share.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $17.911 bln (-36.8% y/y), missing analysts' consensus estimate of $21.764 bln.
BA rose to $327.01 (+3.30%) in pre-market trading.
McDonald's (MCD) reported Q4 FY 2019 earnings of $1.97 per share (versus $1.97 per share in Q4 FY 2018), in line with analysts' consensus estimate of $1.97 per share.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $5.349 bln (+3.6% y/y), roughly in line with analysts' consensus estimate of $5.298 bln.
MCD fell to $209.38 (-0.48%) in pre-market trading.
AT&T (T) reported Q4 FY 2019 earnings of $0.89 per share (versus $0.86 per share in Q4 FY 2018), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $0.88 per share.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $46.821 bln (-2.4% y/y), roughly in line with analysts' consensus estimate of $47.062 bln.
The company also reaffirmed guidance for FY 2020, projecting EPS of $3.60-3.70 (versus analysts' consensus estimate of $3.61) and revenues of +1-2%, implying ~$184-186 bln (versus analysts' consensus estimate of $182.04 bln).
T fell to $38.08 (-1.30%) in pre-market trading.
Starbucks (SBUX) reported Q1 FY 2020 earnings of $0.79 per share (versus $0.75 per share in Q1 FY 2019), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $0.76 per share.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $7.097 bln (+7.0% y/y), roughly in line with analysts' consensus estimate of $7.107 bln.
The company also reaffirmed guidance for FY 2020, sees EPS of $3.00-3.05 (versus analysts' consensus estimate of $3.05) and revenues of +6-8%, implying $28.1-28.6 bln (versus analysts' consensus estimate of $28.41 bln).
SBUX fell to $88.00 (-0.68%) in pre-market trading.
Apple (AAPL) reported Q1 FY 2020 earnings of $4.99 per share (versus $4.18 per share in Q1 FY 2019), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $4.54 per share.
The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $91.800 bln (+8.9% y/y), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $88.405 bln.
The company also issued upside guidance for Q2 FY 2020, projecting revenues of $63.0-67.0 bln versus analysts' consensus estimate of $62.3 bln.
AAPL rose to $323.30 (+1.77%) in pre-market trading.
| Index | Change, points | Closed | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIKKEI 225 | -127.8 | 23215.71 | -0.55 |
| KOSPI | -69.41 | 2176.72 | -3.09 |
| ASX 200 | -96 | 6994.5 | -1.35 |
| FTSE 100 | 68.64 | 7480.69 | 0.93 |
| DAX | 118.92 | 13323.69 | 0.9 |
| CAC 40 | 62.8 | 5925.82 | 1.07 |
| Dow Jones | 187.05 | 28722.85 | 0.66 |
| S&P 500 | 32.61 | 3276.24 | 1.01 |
| NASDAQ Composite | 130.37 | 9269.68 | 1.43 |