American Express on Track for Record Close After 4Q Results -- Data Talk

American Express Company (AXP) is currently at $134.53, up $3.16 or 2.41%

-- Would be new all-time high (Based on available data back to Jan. 21, 1972)

-- On pace for largest percent increase since Jan. 4, 2019, when it rose 4.51%

-- American Express Co.'s fourth-quarter profit beat Wall Street's expectations and the credit-card company gave an optimistic earnings outlook for 2020. The company on Friday reported a profit of $1.69 billion, or $2.03 a share, for the quarter, 2 cents ahead of what analysts polled by FactSet were expecting

-- Currently up seven of the past nine days

-- Up 8.06% month-to-date; on pace for best month since Nov. 2018, when it rose 9.29%

-- Would be a new 52-week closing high

-- Traded as high as $138.13; new all-time intraday high (Based on available data back to Jan. 21, 1972)

-- Up 5.15% at today's intraday high; largest intraday percent increase since Jan. 4, 2019, when it rose as much as 5.27%

-- Second best performer in the DJIA today

-- Fourth best performer in the S&P 500 today

-- Contributed 21.43 points to the DJIA so far today

All data as of 11:34:45 AM

Source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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January 24, 2020 12:03 ET (17:03 GMT)