MORNING UPDATE: PriceWatch Alerts for BSX and More... for 2019-02-21 |
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(AMD) are moving higher this morning, while TechnipFMC PLC (FTI), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Nike Inc (NKE) are headed lower. Canon Inc (CAJ), Boston Beer Company Inc (SAM) and United States Steel Corporation (X) were upgraded by analysts this morning, while M&T Bank Corporation (MTB), Lennar Corporation (LEN) and Carbon Black Inc (CBLK) were downgraded. INTERNATIONAL MARKETS Stocks in Asia are mixed. The Mumbai Sensex is up 1.14%, the Australia ASX All Ordinaries is up 0.63%, the Hang Seng is up 0.41% the Nikkei 225 is up 0.15% and the Shanghai SE Composite Index is down -0.34%. In Europe stocks are mixed. The DAX is up 0.12%, the Euro Stoxx 50 is up 0.09%, the CAC 40 is down -0.06% and the FTSE 100 is down -0.93%. FUTURES & CURRENCIES Energy futures are mixed today. The price for West Texas Intermediate crude oil is up 0.04 at 57.2 per barrel. Brent crude is down -0.03 at 67.05 per barrel. Natural Gas is up 0.04 at 2.68. Precious metals are down this morning. Gold is down -3.14 at 1335.3 per ounce. Platinum is down -5.78 at 821.64 while silver is down -0.29 at 15.99. The dollar is down compared to the major currencies today. The greenback is down against the euro, down against the Yen and down against the Pound. PUT/CALL RATIO Yesterday, 1,142,856 call contracts traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) compared to 621,668 put contracts. The single-session put/call was 0.54 while the 20-day moving average is now at 0.61. TODAY'S ECONOMIC CALENDAR Durable Orders Dec 08:30 Durable Goods Dec 08:30 Initial Claims 02/16 08:30 Continuing Claims 02/09 08:30 Philadelphia Fed Index Feb 08:30 Existing Home Sales Jan 10:00 Leading Indicators Jan 10:00 EIA Natural Gas Inventories 02/16 10:30 EIA Crude Oil Inventories 02/16 10:30 EARNINGS EXPECTED TODAY: INTU BIDU KHC BCS ED HRL HPE VIV SBAC PBA NEM BMRN IQ EVRG ATUS KEYS DXCM NCLH DPZ |
