1. Earnings deluge: Wall Street is awash in quarterly earnings. Results will come through ahead of the opening bell from big names including MasterCard, Twitter, Anheuser-Busch InBev, UPS, Comcast, ConocoPhillips, Dow Chemical, Procter & Gamble and Verizon.
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| Where U.S. stocks are heading | | Dow
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Futures | | +24.00 | | +29.50 | | +4.00 | | +0.11% | | +0.50% | | +0.16% | | | |
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| | | Japan | | China | | U.K. | | Nikkei 225 | | Shanghai Composite | | FTSE 100 | | +29.48 | | +2.11 | | -4.90 | | 20,079.64 | | 3,249.78 | | 7,447.42 | | +0.15% | | +0.06% | | -0.07% | | | |
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| Key Stats | Latest | Today's Change | | | Oil | $48.79 | +0.04 / +0.08% | | | Gold | $1,261.20 | +11.80 / +0.94% | | | 10-yr | 2.29% | -0.04 / -1.89% | | | Euro | $1.17 | -0.00 / -0.21% | | | |
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| News: What you need to know about the markets | | | | | | | Earnings deluge; Pharma pain; More stocks records | By Alanna Petroff
Thursday, July 27th, 4:56am | | | | 1. Earnings deluge: Wall Street is awash in quarterly earnings. | | | | Results will come through ahead of the opening bell from big names including MasterCard, Twitter, Anheuser-Busch InBev, UPS, Comcast, ConocoPhillips, Dow Chemical, Procter & Gamble and Verizon. | | | | Starbucks, Amazon, Expedia, Intel and Mattel will release earnings after the close. | | | | Firms headquartered outside the U.S. including Volkswagen, Samsung and Total have already reported. | | | | 2. Stock market movers: Shares in the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca dropped 16% after the company reported disappointing test results for a new cancer drug, Mystic. | | | | "This is pretty much the worst case scenario for Mystic," said health care analysts at Liberum. "The shares will be weak for a prolonged period following today's news." | | | | Shares in Whirlpool were down about 4% premarket after the home appliances firm reported worse-than-expected results on Wednesday. | | | | Facebook and PayPal shares were higher by about 2% to 4% ahead of the open after reporting results that beat analyst expectations. | | | | Alcoholic beverages giant Diageo -- which makes Guinness, Smirnoff and Captain Morgan -- is toasting a strong first half of the year. The firm reported results Thursday that sent shares surging by 6%, making them the top performer in London. | | | | Before the Bell newsletter: Key market news. In your inbox. Subscribe now! | | | | 3. Bidding wars: Viacom has reportedly given up its pursuit of Scripps Networks. That leaves Discovery Communications as the main party interested in buying the media company, according to reports. | | | | Shares in Viacom are poised to pop at the open because investors had been concerned it might overpay for the takeover deal. | | | | The companies were not immediately available to comment on the takeover talk. | | | | 4. Up, up and away: U.S. indexes closed at fresh record highs on Wednesday and it looks like momentum could continue. | | | | U.S. stock futures are all pointing up. | | | | European markets mostly edged higher in early trading. Most Asian markets ended the day with gains. | | | | Download CNN MoneyStream for up-to-the-minute market data and news | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Thursday -- Amazon, Starbucks earnings
Friday -- ExxonMobil, Chevron earnings; U.S. GDP report | | | | | | | |
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