Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy Fed Day.
The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to upside. China, Hong Kong and South Korea did well; the Philippines were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean to the downside. The UAE and Hungary are up; Denmark, Turkey, Russia, Finland, Norway and Israel are down. Futures in the States point towards a positive open for the cash market.
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The dollar is up. Oil is down; copper is up. Gold and silver are down. Bonds are up.
Overnight Stock Movers from barchart.com…
International Business Machines (IBM -0.75%) was upgraded to ‘Buy’ from ‘Hold’ at UBS with a price target of $180.
Burlington Stores (BURL +1.54%) was rated a new ‘Buy’ at D.A. Davidson with a price target of $187.
PVH Corp (PVH -0.33%) was rated a new ‘Buy’ at D.A. Davidson with a price target of $167.
TJX Cos (TJX +0.55%) was rated a new ‘Buy’ at D.A. Davidson with a price target of $130.
Nike (NKE +0.62%) slid more than 3% in pre-market trading after it reported Q1 gross margin of +44.2%, below consensus of +44.3%.
AAR Corp (AIR +2.31%) rose more than 4% in after-hours trading after it reported Q1 sales of $466.3 million, better than consensus of $453 million.
Ross Stores (ROST +0.23%) was rated a new ‘Neutral’ at D.A. Davidson with a price target of $96.
CyrusOne (CONE -0.90%) fell 4% in after-hours trading after it announced that it had commenced a public offering of 8 million shares of its common stock.
Yelp (YELP +2.03%) was rated a new ‘Buy’ at William O’Neill & Co.
KB Home (KBH -0.94%) climbed more than 3% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 order growth of 3%, stronger than consensus of 1.2%. Lennar (@symbolPercentChange(LEN also moved up by 2% on the better-than-expected KB Home sales.
Nielson Holdings PLC (NLSN +0.18%) gained 2% in after-hours trading on signs that Blackstone Group LP and Carlyle Group LP are both interested in purchasing Nielson.
Verastem (VSTM -19.98%) jumped nearly 8% in after-hours trading after it received an upfront payment of $15 million and will receive additional payments of $30 million, plus potential sales milestone payments, after it signed a license pact with CSPC to develop and commercialize its COPIKTRA drug in China for treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Tuesday’s Key Earnings
Nike (NKE) -2.8% PM despite Q1 earnings beat.
KB Home (NYSE:KBH) +8.1% PM on Q3 earnings beat.
Cintas (NASDAQ:CTAS) -2.8% AH despite Q1 earnings beat.
AAR Corporation (NYSE:AIR) +3.2% AH on Q1 earnings beat.
Today’s Economic Calendar
7:00 MBA Mortgage Applications
10:00 New Home Sales
10:00 State Street Investor Confidence Index
10:30 EIA Petroleum Inventories
2:00 PM FOMC Announcement
2:00 PM FOMC Forecast
2:00 PM Chairman Press Conference
Other…
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