Corporate results:
- AP Moller Maersk reports better-than-expected first-quarter earnings and raises the lower end of its guidance range for the fiscal year.
- Danube reports first-quarter sales in line with forecasts.
- DoorDash plunged 15% after its quarterly results.
- eBay fell 3% after its quarterly results.
- Etsy plunged 14% after its quarterly results.
- Hugo Boss beats expectations for first-quarter operating profit.
- ING announces lower Q1 earnings and a new share buyback.
- Novo Nordisk raises outlook, first-quarter profit exceeds forecasts.
- Pandora exceeds first-quarter expectations and raises its guidance.
- Qualcomm gains 4% after its quarterly results.
- Shell exceeds expectations with Q1 earnings of $7.7 billion.
- Siltronic reports Q1 down 15% due to high customer inventories.
- Standard Chartered reports Q1 earnings up 5.5%, beating estimates.
- Vestas posts unexpected first-quarter loss.
- Qualcomm - Issued third-quarter sales and earnings forecasts ahead of Wall Street expectations.
- Moderna - Reported quarterly sales ahead of Wall Street expectations but below the previous year's. Stock gained 1.9% in pre-market trading.
- American International Group - First-quarter earnings beat expectations.
- MetLife - Reported a rise in first-quarter earnings.
- DoorDash - Forecast lower-than-expected second-quarter earnings. Share plunged 13.8% in pre-market trading.
- Marathon Oil - Narrowly beat first-quarter earnings forecasts.
- Devon Energy - First-quarter profit beat consensus.
- APA - First-quarter earnings were below consensus.
- Albemarle - First-quarter earnings below consensus. Stock climbed 1.7% in pre-market trading.
- First Solar - Year-on-year rise in first-quarter earnings. Share is down 4% in after-hours trading.
- Mosaic - Narrowly missed Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit.
- Corteva - Above-consensus first-quarter earnings.
- Wolfspeed - Forecast lower-than-expected sales for the current quarter.
- Qorvo - Expects first-quarter sales and earnings to be below Wall Street estimates. Stock lost more than 11% after the close.
- Monolithic Power Systems - Expects sales for the current quarter to beat estimates.
- Cognizant Technology Solutions - Sales beat Wall Street estimates. Stock gained 3.3% in after-hours trading.
- Ansys - First-quarter sales and earnings came in below consensus.
- Aflac - Reported higher-than-expected first-quarter earnings.
- Carvana - Jumped nearly 40% in pre-market trading on unexpectedly higher sales and earnings forecast for the current quarter.
- C.H. Robinson - Reported first-quarter sales ahead of Wall Street estimates. Stock soared 13% in after-hours trading.
- Paycom Software - Forecast second-quarter sales is below consensus.
In other news:
- Rio Tinto refuses to comment on a possible takeover bid for Anglo American.
- Apple - Investors are anticipating the quarterly results and the company's plans to integrate AI into iPhones and boost Chinese market sales.
- Exxon Mobil - Close to finalizing a $60 billion merger with Pioneer Natural Resources, with antitrust authorities demanding concessions.
- Flutter to transfer its main listing to New York after shareholder approval.
- Partners Group to collaborate with Greek bank Alpha Bank.
- Johnson & Johnson ready to pay $6.5bn to settle talc lawsuit.
- Embraer studies a new single-aisle aircraft to compete with Boeing and Airbus.
- Microsoft to invest $2.2bn in cloud and AI services in Malaysia.
- Glass Lewis votes against three Boeing directors.
- Elon Musk fires Tesla's entire supercharger team.
- Nvidia supplier SK Hynix reports that HBM chips are almost sold out by 2025.
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