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Analytics, News, and Forecasts for CFD Markets: stock news — 20-03-2019.
Major US stock indices are mostly down. The pressure was exerted on the market by statements by the US President that US tariffs on Chinese goods may persist for a long period of time, as well as the pessimistic profit forecast for FedEx Corp., which raised concerns about global growth.
In addition, the focus of market participants were the outcome of the Fed meeting. As expected, the Fed left the range of interest rates on federal funds unchanged, between 2.25% and 2.50%, but signaled a cautious approach to further changes in monetary policy in the context of low inflation. Investors found the Fed tone softer than expected. The Fed signaled that interest rates will not rise this year, and also said it predicts one increase in rates in 2020.
Most of the components of DOW finished trading in the red (19 out of 30). The Goldman Sachs Group (GS; -3.37%) was an outsider. The growth leader was The Home Depot, Inc. (HD, + 1.08%).
Most sectors of the S & P recorded a decline. The largest decline was shown by the financial sector (-1.2%). The base materials sector grew the most (+ 0.9%).
At the time of closing:
Dow 25,745.67 -141.71 -0.55%
S & P 500 2,824.23 -8.34 -0.29%
Nasdaq 100 7,728.97 +5.02 +0.07%
U.S. stock-index flat on wednesday, as investors awaited the latest policy decision and guidance from the Fed.
Global Stocks:
Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
Nikkei | 21,608.92 | +42.07 | +0.20% |
Hang Seng | 29,320.97 | -145.31 | -0.49% |
Shanghai | 3,090.64 | -0.3347 | -0.01% |
S&P/ASX | 6,165.30 | -19.50 | -0.32% |
FTSE | 7,334.43 | +10.43 | +0.14% |
CAC | 5,409.20 | -16.70 | -0.31% |
DAX | 11,596.91 | -191.50 | -1.62% |
Crude | $58.83 | -0.78% | |
Gold | $1,307.80 | +0.11% |
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
3M Co | MMM | 209 | -0.02(-0.01%) | 920 |
ALCOA INC. | AA | 28.95 | 0.33(1.15%) | 2951 |
ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 55.95 | -0.06(-0.11%) | 7011 |
Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 1,770.90 | 9.05(0.51%) | 55988 |
American Express Co | AXP | 111.3 | -1.37(-1.22%) | 531 |
Apple Inc. | AAPL | 186.5 | -0.03(-0.02%) | 67103 |
AT&T Inc | T | 30.66 | -0.02(-0.07%) | 7108 |
Boeing Co | BA | 375 | 1.57(0.42%) | 26152 |
Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 133.2 | -0.95(-0.71%) | 3319 |
Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 53.41 | 0.10(0.19%) | 1891 |
Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 65.49 | -0.14(-0.21%) | 6597 |
Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 80.64 | -0.23(-0.28%) | 1099 |
Facebook, Inc. | FB | 161.39 | -0.18(-0.11%) | 36922 |
FedEx Corporation, NYSE | FDX | 170 | -11.41(-6.29%) | 195856 |
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 12.65 | -0.03(-0.24%) | 28667 |
General Electric Co | GE | 10.21 | 0.02(0.20%) | 43067 |
General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 38.15 | -0.12(-0.31%) | 5588 |
Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,197.00 | -1.85(-0.15%) | 6762 |
Home Depot Inc | HD | 184.19 | 0.06(0.03%) | 970 |
Intel Corp | INTC | 54.17 | 0.00(0.00%) | 28007 |
International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 140.75 | 0.26(0.19%) | 1090 |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 138.2 | -0.24(-0.17%) | 1539 |
JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 106.54 | -0.26(-0.24%) | 5912 |
McDonald's Corp | MCD | 183.48 | 0.37(0.20%) | 156 |
Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 117.5 | -0.15(-0.13%) | 12409 |
Nike | NKE | 87.75 | 0.06(0.07%) | 8993 |
Pfizer Inc | PFE | 42.09 | -0.21(-0.50%) | 2156 |
Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 102 | 0.10(0.10%) | 1107 |
Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 268.7 | 1.23(0.46%) | 40794 |
UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 257.3 | 0.17(0.07%) | 591 |
Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 99.45 | -0.40(-0.40%) | 3141 |
Walt Disney Co | DIS | 110.4 | 0.40(0.36%) | 132642 |
Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 36.1 | 0.17(0.47%) | 6487 |
Amazon (AMZN) initiated with a Outperform at Evercore ISI; target $1965
Home Depot (HD) initiated with a Outperform at Evercore ISI; target $215
Walmart (WMT) initiated with a In-line at Evercore ISI; target $95
FedEx (FDX) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JP Morgan; target lowered to $202
FedEx (FDX) reported Q3 FY 2019 earnings of $3.03 per share (versus $3.72 in Q3 FY 2018), missing analysts’ consensus estimate of $3.10.
The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $17.010 bln (+2.9% y/y), missing analysts’ consensus estimate of $17.697 bln.
The company also issued downside guidance for FY 2019, lowering EPS to $15.10-15.90 from $15.50-16.60 versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $15.91.
FDX fell to $169.40 (-6.62%) in pre-market trading.
| Index | Change, points | Closed | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIKKEI 225 | -17.65 | 21566.85 | -0.08 |
| Hang Seng | 57.27 | 29466.28 | 0.19 |
| KOSPI | -1.87 | 2177.62 | -0.09 |
| ASX 200 | -5.7 | 6184.8 | -0.09 |
| FTSE 100 | 24.81 | 7324 | 0.34 |
| DAX | 131.35 | 11788.41 | 1.13 |
| Dow Jones | -26.72 | 25887.38 | -0.1 |
| S&P 500 | -0.37 | 2832.57 | -0.01 |
| NASDAQ Composite | 9.47 | 7723.95 | 0.12 |
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