10am update – starting positive

US equities open significantly higher. Copper $4.83. USD +0.3% at 98.43.

sp’60min

VIX’60min

Summary

S/t momentum due to turn positive.
VIX prone to settling <30 today.


notable stock: TSLA

Tesla has earnings in AH… which won’t be pretty, but the market has arguably priced in the worse. S/t bullish… $290/300

notable Dow component: BA

Selling a portion of its ‘Digital Aviation Solutions’ business to Thomo Bravo for $10.55bn… ALL cash transaction.

notable defence: LMT

Earnings were fine…   EPS $7.28 vs 6.32est. Rev’ y/y +4.5% to $17.96bn vs 17.79est. Backlog $173bn

notable weakness: NOC

A double miss…   EPS $6.06 vs 6.26est. Rev’ y/y -6.6% to $9.46bn vs 9.93est. Backlog $93bn