US Stock Futures Gain After Strong Apple Results

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Pre-open movers
US stock futures traded higher in early pre-market trade, ahead of earnings from McDonald's
MCD
and Coca-Cola Co
KO
. Apple
AAPL
reported better-than-expected quarterly results. Data on existing home sales for September will be released at 10:00 a.m. ET. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 62 points to 16,393.00, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index futures rose 11 points to 1,910.90. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index climbed 28 points to 3,894.00.
A Peek Into Global Markets
European markets were higher today, with the Spanish Ibex Index gaining 1.91%, STOXX Europe 600 Index rising 1.36%. German DAX 30 index climbed 1.45%, French CAC 40 Index rose 1.81% and London's FTSE 100 Index climbed 0.84%. In Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei Stock Average fell 2.03%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose 0.08%, China's Shanghai Composite Index dropped 0.72% and India's BSE Sensex gained 0.55%. China's gross domestic product increased 7.3% y/y in the third-quarter, while industrial output surged 8% y/y in September. The country's retail sales climbed 11.6% y/y in September.
Broker Recommendation
Analysts at Morgan Stanley maintained Apple
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AAPL
with a Overweight and raised the price target from $110.00 to $115.00. Apple's shares gained 2.15% to $101.90 in pre-market trading.
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