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U.S. stock-index futures rose on Wednesday, as Gilead Sciences' (GILD) statement that its experimental antiviral drug remdesivir met the main goal of a trial testing it in COVID-19 patients, outweighed gloomy Q1 GDP data and mixed quarterly earnings.

Global Stocks:

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

NIKE (NKE) initiated with a Buy at BTIG Research; target $108

DuPont (DD) resumed with an Overweight at Wells Fargo; target $54

Alphabet (GOOG) target raised to $1575 from $1425 at Pivotal Research Group

UPS (UPS) downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at BMO Capital Markets; target lowered to $85

Walmart (WMT) downgraded to Accumulate from Buy at Gordon Haskett; target raised to $140

Boeing (BA) reported Q1 FY 2020 loss of $1.70 per share (versus earnings of $3.16 per share in Q1 FY 2019), worse than analysts' consensus estimate of a loss of $1.39 per share.

The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $16.908 bln (-26.2% y/y), roughly in line with analysts' consensus estimate of $16.904 bln.

BA rose to $137.96 (+5.07%) in pre-market trading.

General Electric (GE) reported Q1 FY 2020 loss of $0.05 per share (versus earnings of $0.14 per share in Q1 FY 2019), missing analysts' consensus estimate of earnings of $0.08 per share.

The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $20.524 bln (-24.8% y/y), roughly in line with analysts' consensus estimate of $20.345 bln.

The company also said it expected Q2 financial results to decline sequentially due to pressure from COVID-19 and withdrew its FY 2020 guidance.

GE fell to $6.69 (-1.62%) in pre-market trading.

Starbucks (SBUX) reported Q2 FY 2020 earnings of $0.32 per share (versus $0.60 per share in Q2 FY 2019), in line with analysts' consensus estimate.

The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $5.996 bln (-4.9% y/y), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $5.853 bln.

SBUX fell to $77.30 (-1.77%) in pre-market trading.

Ford Motor (F) reported Q1 FY 2020 loss of $0.23 per share (versus earnings of $0.44 per share in Q1 FY 2019), worse than analysts' consensus estimate of -$0.06 per share.

The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $34.320 bln (-14.9% y/y), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $31.726 bln.

F fell to $5.22 (-2.97%) in pre-market trading.

Alphabet (GOOG) reported Q1 FY 2020 earnings of $9.87 per share (versus $9.50 per share in Q1 FY 2019), missing analysts' consensus estimate of $10.99 per share.

The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $41.159 bln (+13.3% y/y), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $40.291 bln.

GOOG rose to $1,332.09 (+7.98%) in pre-market trading.

Advanced Micro (AMD) reported Q1 FY 2020 earnings of $0.18 per share (versus $0.06 per share in Q1 FY 2019), in line with analysts' consensus estimate.

The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $1.786 bln (+40.4% y/y), roughly in line with analysts' consensus estimate of $1.792 bln.

The company also issued in-line revenue guidance for both Q2 and the full year, projecting a respective ~$1.75-1.95 bln (versus analysts' consensus estimate of $1.9 bln) and ~$8.078-8.75 bln (versus analysts' consensus estimate of. $8.39 bln).

AMD fell to $54.15 (-2.45%) in pre-market trading.