Novosti i prognoe: tržište kapitala od 13-10-2017

U.S. stock-index futures were higher on Friday as investors assessed quarterly results of Bank of America (BAC) and the U.S. data on consumer inflation and retail sales for September.

Global Stocks:

Nikkei 21,155.18 +200.46 +0.96%

Hang Seng 28,476.43 +17.40 +0.06%

Shanghai 3,391.54 +5.44 +0.16%

S&P/ASX 5,814.15 +19.69 +0.34%

FTSE 7,543.63 -12.61 -0.17%

CAC 5,354.97 -5.84 -0.11%

DAX 112,991.00 +8.11 +0.06%

Crude $51.61 (+2.00%)

Gold $1,298.90 (+0.19%)

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

Visa (V) initiated with a Overweight at Stephens; target $125

McDonald's (MCD) target raised to $180 from $175 at RBC Capital Mkts

Citigroup (C) target raised to $79 from $75 at RBC Capital Mkts

HP (HPQ) target raised to $23 from $21 at Mizuho

Ford Motor (F) downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Barclays

General Motors (GM) upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays

Bank of America (BAC) reported Q3 FY 2017 earnings of $0.48 per share (versus $0.41 in Q3 FY 2016), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $0.45.

The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $22.079 bln (+2.1% y/y), generally in-line with analysts' consensus estimate of $22.069 bln.

BAC rose to $25.70 (+0.98%) in pre-market trading.

Spanish stocks closed fractionally lower Thursday, catching their breath after the prior day's rally that was sparked by worries abating over Catalonia's independence push, while Europe's main equity benchmark also struggled for direction.

The U.S. stock market heralded the beginning of third-quarter earnings season by finishing slightly lower on Thursday, even as Wall Street banks turned in generally upbeat results.

Stocks showed little movement Friday as markets opened in the Asia Pacific region, but more new highs could be in store with Japan topping 21,000 for the first time since 1996. The Nikkei NIK, +0.94% rose 0.3% early, touching 21,032, even as the yen strengthened slightly. Japan's benchmark index hit a two-decade closing high during the week.