All three major indexes are higher ahead of the open
Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures are up a solid 103 points ahead of the open, with help from Walt Disney's (DIS) post-earnings pop. Futures on the S&P 500 (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are also inching higher, as both indexes look to extend their longest win streaks in roughly two years. Elsewhere, jobless claims came in at a lower-than-expected 217,000, while bond yields are on the rise ahead of another speech from Fed Chair Jerome Powell this afternoon at the International Monetary Fund.
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- Plus, SPCE soars after earnings; GIS' new acquisition; and analysts eye TGT.
5 Things You Need to Know Today
- The Cboe Options Exchange (CBOE) saw over 1 million call contracts and more than 1.2 million puts traded Wednesday. The single-session equity put/call ratio rose to 1.18 and the 21-day moving average rose to 0.89.
- Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc (NYSE:SPCE) is looking to rebound from yesterday's 10.6% drop. The shares are up 10.3% premarket, after the space travel company's upbeat third-quarter report, and news that it is cutting 18% of its workforce. Since the start of the year, SPCE is down 55.2%.
- General Mills Inc (NYSE:GIS) is acquiring Fera Pets Inc as part of its new growth equity fund, moving the food company into to the pet supplement market. GIS is trading flat this morning, down 22.1% year to date.
- Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) is up 0.5% in electronic trading, after Evercore ISI added the retail stock to its tactical outperform list while Oppenheimer cut its price target to $150 from $165. These moves come before the retailer's earnings report next week. TGT is down 26.3% in 2023.
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Asian Markets Mixed After Economic Data
Stocks in Asia were all over the place Thursday, after China’s consumer prices fell 0.2% for October in comparison to last year – a bigger fall than economists priced in – and producer prices shrunk less than expected. In response, the country’s Shanghai Composite inched just above breakeven, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 0.3%. Elsewhere, Japan’s Nikkei jumped 1.5%, and South Korea’s Kospi added 0.2%.
Corporate earnings continue to boost European markets. The French CAC 40 is leading the gainers, last seen up 0.8%, while Germany’s DAX and London’s FTSE 100 were both 0.5% higher at last glance.