The major indices rose on Wednesday, with technology stocks leading the advance, ahead of earnings from tech bellwethers Amazon and Apple.
The Dow gained +42.99, the Nasdaq Composite +28.27 , and the S&P 500 +3.99.
Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Thursday:
Ambac Financial (ABK | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) announced a first quarter loss of -$6.93 per share, missing estimates by a whopping $5.42.
Delta Air Lines (DAL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and Northwest Airlines (NWA | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) announced plans to merge last week, but first, both companies reported massive losses of $6.4 billion and $4.1 billion respectively.
After the market close, Amazon.com (AMZN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) reported earnings of $0.34, beating estimates by $0.02.
Apple (AAPL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) announced better-than-expected results, beating consensus estimates by $0.09.
Before the market open, 3M (MMM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) is scheduled to report earnings of $1.35 per share.
Ford Motor (F | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) is expected to announce a loss of -$0.16.
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