MORNING UPDATE: PriceWatch Alerts for DNOW and More... for 2018-08-17 |
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NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA), First Data Corp (FDC) and Enbridge Inc (USA) (ENB) were upgraded by analysts this morning, while Walmart Inc (WMT), Dean Foods Co (DF) and Yum China Holdings Inc (YUMC) were downgraded. INTERNATIONAL MARKETS Stocks in Asia are mixed. The Mumbai Sensex is up 0.75%, the Hang Seng is up 0.4%, the Nikkei 225 is up 0.35% the Australia ASX All Ordinaries is up 0.21% and the Shanghai SE Composite Index is down -1.34%. Stocks in Europe are down. The DAX is down -0.74%, the Euro Stoxx 50 is down -0.54%, the CAC 40 is down -0.48% and the FTSE 100 is down -0.45%. FUTURES & CURRENCIES Energy futures are up today. The price for West Texas Intermediate crude oil is up 0.52 at 65.98 per barrel. Brent crude is up 0.97 at 72.4 per barrel. Natural Gas is up 0.03 at 2.94. Precious metals are mixed this morning. Gold is up 3.73 at 1177.89 per ounce. Platinum is down -2.58 at 777.18 while silver is down -0.06 at 14.65. 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, 1,145,049 call contracts traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) compared to 687,191 put contracts. The single-session put/call was 0.60 while the 20-day moving average is now at 0.64. TODAY'S ECONOMIC CALENDAR Leading Indicators Jul 10:00 Univ. of Michigan Consumer Sentiment - Prelim Aug 10:00 EARNINGS EXPECTED TODAY: DE |
