Analytics, News, and Forecasts for CFD Markets: stock news — 29-01-2018.

The major stock markets in the US ended the session mixed: the S & P 500 and Dow pulled back from record levels amid a recession in Apple shares (AAPL) after media reports of concerns about the demand for the iPhone X, while the Nasdaq index grew moderately.

Meanwhile, as shown by data provided by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, in January, the business activity of Texas producers improved, despite the experts' forecast for a fall. According to the report, the production index of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in January rose to 33.4 points from 29.7 points in December. The latter value was the highest for more than 12 years. Analysts had expected the decline to 25.3 points.

Oil prices fell by more than 1% on Monday, as the increase in production in the US undermines OPEC and Russia's efforts to tighten supplies. Pressure on oil was also provided by the resumed strengthening of the US currency. However, prices were still on the way to their strongest start of the year in five years. This month, Brent oil has risen in price by about 6.3%, which is the maximum growth in January from 2013.

Most components of the DOW index finished trading in the red (23 of 30). The leader of growth was the shares of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS, + 1.75%). Outsider were shares of Caterpillar Inc. (CAT, -2.58%).

All S & P sectors recorded a decline. The largest decrease was in the base resources sector (-1.3%).

At closing:

DJIA -0.67% 26.439.48 -177.23

Nasdaq + 0.75% 7.466.50 +55.34

S & P -0.67% 2,853.52 -19.35

U.S. stock-index futures fell on Monday, pulling back from record levels registered last week, and as investors brace for a busy week ahead.

Global Stocks:

Nikkei 23,629.34 -2.54 -0.01%

Hang Seng 32,966.89 -187.23 -0.56%

Shanghai 3,523.50 -34.63 -0.97%

S&P/ASX 6,075.40 +25.40 +0.42%

FTSE 7,676.71 +11.17 +0.15%

CAC 5,532.21 +3.06 +0.06%

DAX 13,325.81 -14.36 -0.11%

Crude $65.69 (-0.68%)

Gold $1,342.30 (-0.72%)

(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)

Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) reiterated with a Outperform at Cowen

Apple (AAPL) target raised to $220 from $200 at Cascend Securities

Facebook (FB) target raised to $225 from $220 at Deutsche Bank

Boeing (BA) target raised to $395 from $282 at Berenberg

Starbucks (SBUX) downgraded to Mkt Perform from Outperform at Bernstein

January 30

Before the Open:

McDonald's (MCD). Consensus EPS $1.59, Consensus Revenues $5228.71 mln.

Pfizer (PFE). Consensus EPS $0.56, Consensus Revenues $13674.61 mln.

January 31

Before the Open:

Boeing (BA). Consensus EPS $2.88, Consensus Revenues $24780.29 mln.

After the Close:

AT&T (T). Consensus EPS $0.65, Consensus Revenues $41207.68 mln.

Facebook (FB). Consensus EPS $1.97, Consensus Revenues $12546.12 mln.

Microsoft (MSFT). Consensus EPS $0.86, Consensus Revenues $28408.54 mln.

February 1

Before the Open:

Altria (MO). Consensus EPS $0.80, Consensus Revenues $4810.21 mln.

DowDuPont (DWDP). Consensus EPS $0.66, Consensus Revenues $19439.85 mln.

Int'l Paper (IP). Consensus EPS $1.19, Consensus Revenues $6005.84 mln.

MasterCard (MA). Consensus EPS $1.12, Consensus Revenues $3254.10 mln.

After the Close:

Alphabet (GOOG). Consensus EPS $9.98, Consensus Revenues $31861.22 mln.

Amazon (AMZN). Consensus EPS $1.83, Consensus Revenues $59847.86 mln.

Apple (AAPL). Consensus EPS $3.82, Consensus Revenues $87004.00 mln.

Visa (V). Consensus EPS $0.99, Consensus Revenues $4818.74 mln.

February 2

Before the Open:

Chevron (CVX). Consensus EPS $1.24, Consensus Revenues $39019.63 mln.

Exxon Mobil (XOM). Consensus EPS $1.03, Consensus Revenues $75274.64 mln.

Merck (MRK). Consensus EPS $0.94, Consensus Revenues $10487.09 mln.

European stock markets erased earlier gains and turned firmly lower on Thursday, yanked lower by a euro rally after the European Central Bank said eurozone growth was surprisingly strong and offered only limited pushback against the Trump administration's embrace of dollar weakness.

U.S. equity benchmarks on Friday surged to session highs, finishing the day squarely in record territory and booking a fourth straight weekly advance. A reading of fourth-quarter gross domestic product came in slightly softer than expected but was viewed by investors as healthy enough not to derail the perception that the economy is on firm footing.

Asian stocks started the week higher as a steady U.S. dollar helped to calm investor concerns. Last week, the dollar slid to a series of three-year lows, following comments from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin that were interpreted as being accepting of a weaker dollar.