Stock Market Today: Stocks edge higher with Nvidia earnings in focus

A modest sentiment boost has stocks edging higher ahead of a key earnings update from Nvidia after the closing bell.

Nov 20, 2024 - 19:30
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Stock Market Today: Stocks edge higher with Nvidia earnings in focus

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U.S. equity futures edged higher in early Wednesday trading, while Treasury yields and the dollar resumed their latest climbs, as investors looked to tempering risks contained in the Russia-Ukraine conflict while prepping for a key earnings release from the arena's most-valuable company.

Updated at 6:forty three AM EST

Off Target

Target shares plummeted in early trading after the retailer posted weaker-than-expected 0.33 quarter earnings and issued a muted forecast for the important holiday season.

Target, which has been losing market share to Walmart, said it sees fourth quarter profits contained in the region of $1.eighty five to $2.forty 5 per share, well shy of Street forecasts, citing "soft discretionary trends and a pair of cost headwinds".

Target shares were marked 20.3% lower in premarket trading at once following the earnings release to indicate an opening bell price of $124.00 each and each.

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