Before the Open (Oct 24)

Good morning. Happy Wednesday.
The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. India did well, while Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly up. The UK, Denmark, France, Germany, Russia, Greece, Switzerland, Norway, Belgium, Portugal and Israel are up more than 1%; Hungary is down. Futures in the States point towards a down open for the cash market.
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The dollar is up. Oil is up; copper is down. Gold and silver are down. Bonds are up.
Overnight Stock Movers from barchart.com…
Texas Instruments (TXN +0.53%) fell more than 6% in pre-market trading after it reported Q3 revenue of $4.26 billion, weaker than consensus of $4.30 billion, and then forecast Q4 revenue of $3.60 billion to $3.90 billion, below consensus o $4 billion.
South State Corp (SSB -5.31%) was downgraded to ‘Underweight’ from ‘Equal-Weight’ at Stephens with a price target of $57.
Dish Network (DISH -8.34%) was upgraded to ‘Buy’ from ‘Neutral’ at Guggenheim Securities with a price target of $50.
Carlisle (CSL -0.55%) dropped 7% in after-hours trading after the company reported Q3 revenue of $1.200 billion, below consensus of $1.205 billion.
MKS Instruments (MKSI -1.46%) tumbled 13% in after-hours trading after it forecast Q4 adjusted EPS of $138 to $1.64, weaker than consensus of $1.77.
iRobot (IRBT +1.17%) sank 10% in after-hours trading after it forecast full-year gross margins of 50.0%, below consensus of 50.7%,
2U Inc (TWOU -1.60%) was rated a new ‘Buy’ at Needham & Co, with a price target of $80.
Manhattan Associates (MANH -0.77%) climbed over 5% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 adjusted EPS of 49 cents, higher than consensus of 40 cents.
Navient (NAVI -0.96%) gained 2% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 core EPS of 53 cents, higher than consensus of 49 cents.
Vici Properties (VICI +0.42%) was rated a new ‘Outperform’ at Baird with a price target of $26.
Noodles & Co (NDLS +0.64%) fell almost 12% in after-hours trading after it forecast full-year adjusted EPS of 1 cent to 4 cents, the midpoint below consensus of 4 cents.
Clementia Pharmaceuticals (CMTA +6.27%) surged 20% in after-hours trading after it said it will submit a new drug application to the FDA for its Palovarotene in the treatment of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva.
Tuesday’s Key Earnings
3M (NYSE:MMM) -4.4% on forex headwinds.
Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) +0.2% beating expectations.
Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) -7.6% as costs rose from tariffs.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) -1.7% despite raising guidance.
McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) +6.3% after strong global comps.
Texas Instruments (NYSE:TXN) -6% AH on processor weakness.
United Technologies (NYSE:UTX) +2.9% upping its outlook.
Verizon (NYSE:VZ) +4.1% with phone subscriber strength.
Today’s Economic Calendar
7:00 MBA Mortgage Applications
9:00 FHFA House Price Index
9:45 PMI Composite Flash
10:00 Fed’s Bostic Speech
10:00 New Home Sales
10:30 EIA Petroleum Inventories
11:30 Fed’s Bullard: U.S. Economic and Monetary Policy
11:30 Results of $19B, 2-Year FRN Auction
12:30 PM Fed’s Mester Speech
1:00 PM Results of $39B, 5-Year Note Auction
2:00 PM Fed’s Beige Book
2:00 PM Fed’s Bostic Speech
Other…
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