00:00all right futures bigly green here today spy futures up 1.31 percent dow futures up 0.68
00:13percent and the nasdaq leading the way higher by 0.1 or excuse me 1.78 percent of course this is
00:21all on the back of nvidia's earnings yesterday let's take a look at some cues from last session
00:27information technology communication services and material stocks led the gains on wednesday
00:34while energy and utility stocks bucked the overall market trend and closed lower u.s stock futures rose
00:41on thursday after wednesday's advances futures of major benchmark indices were higher and are
00:47holding higher here today investors await september's jobs report which is scheduled to be released today
00:52after the end of the record long government shutdown last week according to the fomc minutes which was
00:58released yesterday federal reserve officials appear sharply divided on the future path of interest rates
01:04there was a split among participants following their decision to lower the federal funds target range to
01:103.75 percent to four percent meanwhile the 10-year treasury bond yielded 4.13 percent and the two-year
01:17bond was at 3.60 percent we do have some stocks in focus here for you today the first one is going
01:24to be the obvious one the elephant in the room nvidia at rose 5.55 percent in the pre-market on
01:31thursday after reporting better than expected third quarter financial results and issuing strong revenue
01:37forecasts for the current quarter now it is worth noting here nvidia is down from today's pre-market
01:44highs those pre-market highs were about 198 and a half we're currently sitting at 196 and a quarter
01:51so we're under those highs but we are still holding higher here chart definitely looks bullish here this
01:57morning the second stock on our list is going to be cyber security leader palo alto networks ticker panw
02:04that dropped 4.15 percent despite beating estimates as its full year guidance was revised to be just in line
02:11with analyst expectations for the second quarter and forecasted revenue between 2.57 billion and 2.59
02:18billion with adjusted eps projected at 93 cents to 95 cents meanwhile the wall street consensus calls for
02:242.58 billion in revenue and earnings of 93 cents per share super micro computer ticker smci is the next
02:32stock on our list here today that gained 5.87 percent after the launch of integrated ai factory systems
02:39with nvidia's blackwell technology the next stock on our list here is going to be walmart
02:45walmart was up 0.83 percent ahead of its earnings expected to be released before the opening bell
02:52those earnings have been released now walmart closed yesterday at 161 and is currently sitting at 101 27
03:01now walmart reported adjusted eps of 62 cents which beat the 60 cent estimate and sales of 179 and a
03:10half billion beat the 177.429 billion estimate the last stock on our list here is intuit ticker intu
03:21and that was 0.37 percent higher as analysts expected it to report earnings of 3.09 per share
03:28on revenue of 3.76 billion per share after the closing bell
03:32you
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