Benzinga | Aug 18, 2020 09:49AM EDT

Morning Market Stats in 5 Minutes

Movers

Indices

* S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) rose 0.13% to $338.35.

* Nasdaq ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ) rose 0.40% to $276.42.

* Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (NYSE:DIA) remained unchanged at at $278.93.

* FTSE/Xinhua China 25 ETF (NYSE:FXI) increased 0.57% to $44.10.

* FTSE Europe ETF (NYSE:VGK) remained unchanged at at $54.63.

Commodities

* United States Oil ETF (NYSE:USO) fell 1.14% to $30.41.

* Gold ETF (NYSE:GLD) increased 1.47% to $189.20.

Bonds

* 20+ Yr Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) increased 0.47% to $164.36.

Industries

* Retail ETF (NYSE:XRT) decreased 0.28% to $52.57.

* Energy (NYSE:XLE) fell 0.47% to $37.82.

* Technology (NYSE:XLK) fell 0.01% to $114.66.

* Financial (NYSE:XLF) increased 0.04% to $24.78.

Stocks Higher

* Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) rose 2.78% to $3270.99.

* China Unicom (NYSE:CHU) increased 10.40% to $8.22.

* RISE Education Cayman (NASDAQ:REDU) increased 25% to $7.25.

Stocks Lower

* Home Depot (NYSE:HD) decreased 0.96% to $285.69.

* Korea Electric Power (NYSE:KEP) decreased 3.84% to $8.77.

* Huami (NYSE:HMI) fell 11.17% to $12.97.

Top News

* Adamis Pharmaceuticals shares are trading lower after the company announced sales for the first six months of 2020 decreased by 20% compared to the comparable period of 2019. https://www.benzinga.com/node/17134208

* Novavax Option Alert: Fri $190 Calls Sweep (2) near the Ask: 646 @ $0.245 vs 2442 OI; Ref=$149.185 https://www.benzinga.com/node/17138357

* Spruce Point Issues 'Strong Sell' Opinion On GFL Environmental https://www.benzinga.com/node/17138038

* LexinFintech shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q2 sales results. https://www.benzinga.com/node/17135227

* AEP Renewables Purchases Invenergy Shares Of Desert Sky And Trent Mesa https://www.benzinga.com/node/17138144

Upcoming Earnings

* Adtalem Global Education (NYSE:ATGE) is expected to release earnings for Q4. In the same quarter last year, they reported an earnings per share of $0.97 and revenue of $330,294,000. Analysts expect the revenue to be around $258,510,000 and the earnings per share at $0.64.

Earnings Recap

* Home Depot (NYSE:HD) reported earnings today for Q2, higher than consensus estimates. They reported an earnings per share of $4.02, and sales of 38,053,000,000. Last year, for the same quarter, they reported an EPS of $3.17 and revenue of $30,839,000,000.

* Walmart (NYSE:WMT) released earnings for Q2, higher than analyst estimates. They reported an EPS of $1.56, and revenue of 137,742,000,000.In the same quarter last year, they reported an earnings per share of $1.27 and revenue of $130,377,000,000.