Benzinga | Aug 24, 2020 09:46AM EDT

Morning Market Stats in 5 Minutes

Movers

Indices

* S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) rose 0.78% to $342.11.

* Nasdaq ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ) remained unchanged at at $281.87.

* Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (NYSE:DIA) rose 0.86% to $281.75.

* FTSE/Xinhua China 25 ETF (NYSE:FXI) rose 1.44% to $44.75.

* FTSE Europe ETF (NYSE:VGK) remained unchanged at at $53.81.

Commodities

* United States Oil ETF (NYSE:USO) remained unchanged at at $30.16.

* Gold ETF (NYSE:GLD) increased 0.49% to $182.92.

Bonds

* 20+ Yr Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) remained unchanged at at $166.20.

Industries

* Retail ETF (NYSE:XRT) remained unchanged at at $51.96.

* Energy (NYSE:XLE) rose 0.64% to $36.26.

* Technology (NYSE:XLK) increased 1.40% to $119.56.

* Financial (NYSE:XLF) rose 0.58% to $24.46.

Stocks Higher

* Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA) rose 3.33% to $274.56.

* Bilibili (NASDAQ:BILI) increased 5.84% to $47.62.

* Liminal Biosciences (NASDAQ:LMNL) increased 43.93% to $18.27.

Stocks Lower

* Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) decreased 0.61% to $151.85.

* Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) fell 2.17% to $46.03.

* Northern Dynasty Minerals, Ltd. Common Stock (AMEX:NAK) fell 45.71% to $0.78.

Top News

* Facebook To Pay More Than $110M In Back Taxes In France https://www.benzinga.com/node/17208398

* Benzinga's Top Upgrades, Downgrades For August 24, 2020 https://www.benzinga.com/node/17208630

* Mohawk Group Announces Entry Into Agreement To Acquire Truweo; Deal For ~$16.4M; Co Increases 2020 Net Revenue Outlook https://www.benzinga.com/node/17208637

* American Airlines: Debt Overview https://www.benzinga.com/node/17208790

* These Plasma Stocks Are Surging After FDA's Convalescent EUA https://www.benzinga.com/node/17208334

Upcoming Earnings

* Palo Alto Networks (NYSE:PANW) will release earnings today for Q4. Last year, for the same quarter, they reported an EPS of $1.47 and revenue of $805,800,000. Analysts predict the revenue to be around $923,510,000 and the EPS to be at $1.39.

* Bank of Montreal (NYSE:BMO) is expected to release earnings for Q3. In the same quarter last year, they reported an earnings per share of $1.81 and revenue of $5,066,000,000. Analysts expect the revenue to be around $4,210,000,000 and the earnings per share at $1.67.

Earnings Recap

* Bitauto Holdings (NYSE:BITA) released earnings for Q2, better than analyst estimates. They reported an EPS of -$0.66, and revenue of 276,900,000.In the same quarter last year, they reported an earnings per share of $0.31 and revenue of $406,600,000.