Upbeat Earnings News May Lead To Extended Rebound On Wall Street
April 24 2024 - 9:09AM
IH Market News
The major U.S. index futures are currently pointing to a higher
open on Wednesday, with stocks likely to extend the notable upward
move seen over the two previous sessions.
A positive reaction to the latest corporate earnings news may
contribute to an extended rebound on Wall Street following the
considerable weakness seen last week.
Shares of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) are skyrocketing by 11.4 percent
in pre-market trading even though the electric vehicle maker
reported weaker than expected first quarter results.
The surge by Tesla comes after CEO Elon Musk said the company
plans to start production of a new affordable model by early
2025.
Semiconductor company Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) is also
seeing significant pre-market strength after reporting first
quarter results that beat expectations on both the top and bottom
lines.
Shares of Visa (NYSE:V), Boeing (NYSE:BA) and Mattel
(NASDAQ:MAT) are also likely to move to the upside after the
companies reported better than expected quarterly results.
U.S. stocks ended on a firm note on Tuesday, extending gains
from the previous session, with technology shares once again
outperforming amid optimism about earnings.
A batch of encouraging earnings updates and slightly easing
concerns about the outlook for interest rates helped underpin
sentiment.
The major averages all ended notably higher. The Dow settled
with a gain of 263.71 points or 0.7 percent at 38,503.69. The
S&P 500 jumped 59.95 points or 1.2 percent to 5,070.55, while
the Nasdaq surged 245.33 points or 1.6 percent to settle at
15,696.64.
Several technology heavyweights such as Microsoft, Alphabet,
Meta Platforms and Intel are scheduled to announce their quarterly
earnings this week.
Other big names, including Boeing, American Airlines, Chevron
and Exxon Mobil, are also slated to report their quarterly earnings
during the course of this week.
Verizon rallied about 3.5 percent. American Express climbed 2.5
percent, while Caterpillar, Goldman Sachs, Walt Disney, Microsoft,
JPMorgan Chase and IBM ended higher by 1.3 to 2 percent.
Netflix, Palo Alto Networks, Nvidia, Illumina, Moderna and
Microchip Technology ended sharply higher.
Tesla Inc. reported a few minutes after the closing bell that
its total earnings totaled $1.13 billion, or $0.34 per share in the
first quarter. This compares with $2.51 billion, or $0.73 per
share, in last year’s first quarter. Excluding items, Tesla Inc.
reported adjusted earnings of $1.54 billion or $0.45 per share for
the period.
Globe Life soared 13.5 percent, topping the list of gainers in
the S&P 500 index. Danaher and GE Aerospace surged on strong
results. Kimberly-Clark and General Motors also ended sharply
higher.
Walmart drifted down 2.3 percent. Boeing ended down nearly 1
percent. Invesco and Pepsico also ended sharply lower, with the
latter dropping on somewhat disappointing quarterly results.
In economic news, the S&P Global US Composite PMI declined
to 50.9 in April from 52.1 in the previous month, signaling only a
slight expansion in the country’s private sector, which was the
softest since December, a preliminary estimate showed.
The S&P Global Flash US Manufacturing PMI fell to a
four-month low of 49.9 in April 2024, from 52.0 in March. The
reading was expected to come in at 52.0. The S&P Global US
Services PMI dropped to a five-month low of 50.9 in April.
A report released by the Commerce Department showed new home
sales spiked by 8.8 percent to an annual rate of 693,000 in March
after plunging by 5.1 percent to a revised rate of 637,000 in
February.
Economists had expected new home sales to rise to an annual rate
of 668,000 from the 662,000 originally reported for the previous
month.
Traders await more economic data this week, including the
release of first-quarter U.S. GDP data as well as the core
personal-consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, which is the
Fed’s preferred measure of inflation.
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