(AOF) – Well-oriented from the opening day on the stock market in the United States, the u.s. markets have also become bolder in the approach of the mid-session. The trend is supported by the creation of jobs, many more than expected in January, to 277 000 versus 175 000 expected, and commands the industry’s most dynamic (+1,3% vs. +1% expected). These statistics seem to confirm the solidity of the u.s. economic growth, and in particular the continuous improvement of the labour market that closely follows the Fed. The Dow Jones gaining 0.92 percent to 20 068,12 points and the S&P 500 appreciating by 0.74% to 2 297,81 points.
The project of ipo of Snap, the owner of the messaging service Snapchat, is officially launched. The company filed yesterday with the SEC the form S-1, the first step before an IPO. This update on the market would be the largest since that of the chinese giant e-commerce Alibaba in September 2014. During this operation, which should take place in march, Snap is hoping to raise up to 3 billion dollars, whereas the company is valued by experts at between 20 and 25 billion.
The economic figures of the day
in The United States, the ISM index for the services sector rose to 56.5 in January after 56,6 (revised 57.2 in December. The consensus Reuters was 57.
in The United States, orders for industry increased by 1.3% in December after a decline of 2.3% (revised from 2.4%) is in November. The consensus Reuters was +1%.
The purchasing managers index (PMI) Services released by IHS-Markit for the United States came in at 55.6 in January, the highest since 14 months, after, to 53.9 in December. Last Wednesday, IHS-Markit had published the Manufacturing PMI, which rose to 55, up from 54,3 in December.
in The Usa, 227 000 jobs were created in January and the unemployment rate came in at 4.8%. Economists polled by Reuters were expecting 175 000 creations and the unemployment rate remained stable at 4.7%. In November, 164 000 designs have been registered compared to 204 000 in the first estimate. In December, 157 000 creations have finally been carried out against 156 000 originally announced.
The values to be followed today
AMAZON.COM
Amazon.com published yesterday evening better than expected results, but sales and outlook disappointing. In the fourth quarter, which is a highly strategic due to the holiday period, the net income of the cybertrader was $ 749 million, or $ 1.54 per share, compared to net income of $ 482 million, representing a $ 1 per share, a year earlier. The consensus amounted to only $ 1.37 per share.
AMGEN
in The fourth quarter, the group of biotechnology Amgen has posted a net profit of 1.94 billion dollars after $ 1.8 billion last year. Excluding exceptional items, the earnings per share amounted to 2,89 dollars against a consensus Zacks 2.77 dollars per share. Over the period, the group revenues climbed 8% to 5.97 billion dollars. The market was expected to 5.74 billion. On the whole the year 2016, Amgen recorded a turnover of $ 23 billion.
CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL
Chipotle Mexican Grill saw its net profit fall of 76% to $ 15.9 million, or 55 cents per share. The sales of the chain of tex-mex which is struggling to recover from a scandal of health dating back to the end of 2015 increased 3.7% in the fourth quarter to $ 1 billion. According to comparable data, they declined 4.8%. Analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research were anticipating earnings per share of 54 cents and revenue of 1.04 billion.
GOPRO
GoPro is once again expected sharp decline on Wall Street due to sales and prospects disappointing. The specialist miniature cameras installed has seen in the fourth quarter a net loss of $ 115.7 million, or 82 cents per share, compared to a loss of 34,45 million, or 25 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding exceptional items, earnings per share came in at 29 cents, 7 cents better than the consensus Thomson Reuters. Its turnover has increased from 23.6 percent to 540.6 million dollars whereas the market was expecting 574,5 million.
VISA
The specialist of means of payment, Visa has presented better results than expected. In the first quarter, which closed at the end of December, net income increased 7% to $ 2.1 billion, or 86 cents per share. The earnings per share exceeded the consensus Thomson Reuters of 8 cents. The revenues were up 25% to 4.46 billion, thanks in particular to the acquisition of Visa Europe. The market was expecting 4,29 billion.
WABTEC
Wabtec France announces that at the end of the public tender offer as principal, with a public exchange offer or in the alternative, open between December 27, 2016 January 30, 2017, a total number of 4 065 860 shares of Faiveley Transport were contributed to the offer, including 3 816 195 shares to the branch cash and 249 665 shares at the branch exchange. Given the securities already held, Wabtec France holds by 78.17 % of the share capital and at least 76,26 % of the voting rights of Faiveley Transport, according to The AMF.
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