Before the Open (Oct 28)

Good morning. Happy Friday.
The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and little changed. Japan moved up; Hong Kong and Singapore moved down. Everything was close to unchanged. Europe currently leans to the downside. Unless this is a misprint, Denmark is down 4%. Germany, Austria, Belgium, Turkey and Italy are weak. Futures in the States point towards a positive open for the cash market.
The dollar is down. Oil is down; copper is up. Gold and silver are up small amounts. Bonds are down.
—————
Join our email list – get technical research reports sent directly to you.
—————
Stock headlines from barchart.com…
Amazon.com (AMZN -0.51%) is down -4% in overnight trading after forecasting weak holiday sales that may produce an earnings miss.
Alphabet (GOOG -0.47%) rallied +1.2% in after-hours trading after reporting a 20.2% rise in revenue and announcing a $7 billion buyback of its Class C stock.
GE (GE -0.83%) is in talks to buy Baker Hughes (BHI), according to a Dow Jones report, which boosted BHI 17% in post-market trading. GE was down -1.3% after the report. However, GE officials later denied that it is discussing an outright purchase of BHI.
Apple (AAPL -0.96%) raised the price of its Macs in the UK by 20% due to Brexit-induced sterling weakness.
Expedia (EXPE +0.70%) rallied 1% in after-hours trading on positive revenue and bookings news.
TripAdvisor (TRIP +0.16%) bookings to Cuba were cleared by the U.S. Treasury Department.
Tesla (TSLR) and Solar City (SCTY +3.25%) will unveil their solar roof on Friday, according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
VeriSign (VRSN +1.94%) rallied 4% in after-hours trading and beating revenue and earnings estimates.
Decker Outdoor Corp (DECK -1.72%) rallied +0.8% in after-hours trading on an earnings beat.
Cirrus Logic (CRUS -1.63%) rallied 6% in after-hours trading on positive earnings news.
Hanesbrands (HBI -0.38%) rallied 4% in after-hours trading on positive earnings news.
Thursday’s Key Earnings
Altria (NYSE:MO) -0.1% following a narrow beat.
Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) +1.3% AH with Google strength driving profits.
Amazon (AMZN) -6.1% AH as expenses hurt the retailer.
Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) -1.4% AH on sluggish revenue.
Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) +1.3% AH although posting a grim outlook.
Blackstone (NYSE:BX) -0.2% despite managed assets climbing 8%.
Bristol-Myers (NYSE:BMY) +5.4% hiking its forecasts.
Celgene (NASDAQ:CELG) +6.4% topping expectations.
Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) -1% on falling volumes.
ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) -5.3% raising outlook, cutting capex.
Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW) +1.5% on its 12th straight quarterly beat.
Enterprise Products (NYSE:EPD) -1.5% after an in-line Q3.
Ford (NYSE:F) -1.2% on profit pressure outside NA.
LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD) +0.2% AH after topping expectations.
Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) -3.1% following in-line earnings.
Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) +0.6% beating estimates, restructuring.
UPS (NYSE:UPS) +0.5% booking solid sales.
Today’s Earnings here
Other…
today’s upgrades/downgrades from briefing.com
this week’s Earnings
this week’s Economic Numbers