Tuesday, May 15, 2012
This is your Benzinga news summary and trader's outlook covering headlines from overnight and today's pre-market session.
Benzinga's Top News
- Home Depot Reports HD Q1 EPS $0.65 vs $0.65 Est; Revenues $17.8B vs $17.93B Est
- Arctic Cat ACAT Reports Q4 EPS $-0.49 vs $-0.56 Est; Revenues $98.5M vs $92.71M Est
- Coty Withdraws Proposal For Avon AVP
- U.S. Equity Markets trade lower as Dow futures trade up about 47 points.
- U.S. Dollar trades about 0.01% higher.
- European markets are mixed in afternoon trading. Britain's FTSE 100 slid 0.10%, Germany's DAX added 0.05% and France's CAC 40 advanced 0.44% on the session.
- Asian stocks ended the session mixed as well. China's Shanghai slid 0.25%, Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 0.81%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.81%.
- Bank of America Upgrades Juniper Networks JNPR from Neutral to Buy, Raises PO from $24 to $25
- Bank of America Upgrades Flextronics International FLEX from Neutral to Buy, Raises PO from $7.5 to $8.5
- Jefferies & Company Downgrades Xcel Energy XEL from Buy to Hold, Lowers PT from $30 to $29
- Deutsche Bank Downgrades Aon AON from Buy to Hold, Lowers PT from $55 to $52
- 08:30 - a.m. ET - NY Empire State Manufacturing Index
- 08:30 - CPI
- 08:30 - Retail Sales (MoM)
- 08:55 - Redbook (MoM)
- 09:00 - US Foreign Buying, T-bonds
- 09:00 - Overall Net Capital Flow
- 09:00 - TIC Net Long-Term Transactions
- 10:00 - Business Inventories (MoM)
- 10:00 - NAHB Housing Market Index
- 11:30 - 4-Week Bill Auction
- Home Depot Reports HD Q1 EPS $0.65 vs $0.65 Est; Revenues $17.8B vs $17.93B Est
- Arctic Cat ACAT Reports Q4 EPS $-0.49 vs $-0.56 Est; Revenues $98.5M vs $92.71M Est
- A123 SYSTEMS AONE Reports Q1 EPS $-0.87 vs $-0.39 Est; Revenues $10.9M vs $18.39M Est
- The J. M. Smucker SJM Announces Coffee Price Decreases
- Coty Withdraws Proposal For Avon AVP
- Precious metals are trading lower, with gold posting early losses of about 0.05%
- Energy futures are trading lower, with crude oil posting early losses of about 0.01%
- Natural Gas futures are trading 0.37% lower and copper is trading lower by about 0.42%
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Upgrades/Downgrades
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Earnings
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Corporate News
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Commodities
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Benzinga's Morning Radar
Technical Levels for Futures and ForexName | Resistance-2 | Resistance-1 | Mid Pivot | Support-1 | Support-2 |
E-Mini S&P 500 | 1353 | 1343 | 1338 | 1329 | 1323 |
Gold | 1591 | 1574 | 1564 | 1547 | 1537 |
Crude | 96.62 | 95.36 | 94.50 | 93.24 | 92.38 |
Natural Gas | 2.55 | 2.48 | 2.45 | 2.38 | 2.34 |
EUR/USD | 1.2922 | 1.2872 | 1.2845 | 1.2796 | 1.2770 |
US Dollar Index | 81.08 | 80.97 | 80.75 | 80.64 | 80.42 |
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