(Updated with index futures, Sirius XM/Arm Holdings, MicroStrategy, Shopify, Microsoft details, pre-market prices)
PARIS, June 14 (Reuters) –
Main stocks to follow Friday on Wall Street, where futures on the main indices suggest a lower opening.
* ADOBE climbs 14.3% in pre-stock market trading, the Photoshop publisher having raised its turnover forecast for the current financial year, in a context of strong demand from businesses and individuals for its editing tools based on artificial intelligence (AI).
* MICROSOFT announced Thursday that it would postpone the launch of “Recall”, a controversial artificial intelligence (AI) function that records everything the user does on their computer. The group says it wants to first introduce this feature to a smaller group of users, through the Windows Insider Program (WIP), due to privacy concerns. Separately, Microsoft plans to invest 6.69 billion euros to develop new data centers in Spain’s northeastern region of Aragon, which is becoming a major IT hub. dematerialized in Europe.
* TESLA – The Chinese market regulator announced Friday that the American automaker would correct the internal software of 5,836 Model 3, Model S and Model X cars imported from China from July, due to security problems. The stock gained 1.4% in pre-market trading after a gain of 7% over the two previous sessions.
* SIRIUS opening of the session in New York.
* GAMESTOP fell 1.4% in pre-market trading after the announcement of the postponement of its virtual general meeting, initially scheduled for Thursday, due to technical difficulties linked to the website host.
* VISA, MASTERCARD – The two payment groups’ $30 billion deal to limit credit and debit card fees for merchants is now in jeopardy, with a New York judge saying Thursday that she was about to reject it.
* CARLYLE. The US private equity firm and German development bank KfW are in discussions to jointly buy most of thyssenkrupp’s warship division, three sources familiar with the matter reported.
* BANK OF AMERICA CORP – KBW raises its recommendation to “outperformance” from “performance in line with the market”.
* MICROSTRATEGY gains 1.7% pre-market trading. Bernstein has started monitoring the stock at “outperformance” and expects the stock to double.
* SHOPIFY gains 2.4% in pre-market trading. Evercore ISI raised its recommendation on the stock to “outperform”.
* DUOLINGO – DA Davidson begins monitoring the value to “buy” with a price target of 250 dollars.
* ZSCALER – JP Morgan raises its recommendation to “overweight” from “neutral”. (Written by Claude Chendjou, edited by Sophie Louet)
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