(Updated with Index Futures, Bank of America, Bumble, Sonos)
PARIS, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Key stocks to watch on Thursday on Wall Street, where index futures so far suggest a rise of 0.46% for the Dow Jones, 0.43% for the Standard & Poor’s 500 and 0.39% for the Nasdaq:
* WALT DISNEY announced on Wednesday that it is now ahead of NETFLIX in the number of subscribers to its online video services, stating that it would increase the prices of its “streaming” offers without advertising in December. The title gained 7.8% in pre-market trading.
* BANK OF AMERICA gains about 1% in market preview, banking stocks continuing to benefit from the general renewed optimism on the economy after the figures below expectations for inflation in the United States published on Wednesday.
* TWITTER – Elon Musk’s lawyers are asking the social network for the names of the employees responsible for calculating the share of fake user accounts and “bots”, a key issue in the conflict between Twitter and the billionaire, a time candidate for his takeover , we learned from a source familiar with the matter.
* T-MOBILE – Deutsche Telekom, the operator’s largest shareholder, said on Thursday it expects to become a majority shareholder well before 2024.
* BUMBLE – The action of the publisher of online dating applications lost nearly 10% in pre-market trading after the downward revision of its forecast for annual turnover and a quarterly result below the expectations.
* SONOS – The specialist in connected audio systems fell 20% on the market after lowering its forecast for annual turnover and pushing back its medium-term objective due to economic uncertainties. Sonos has also announced the departure of its chief financial officer.
* CHEVRON and EXXON MOBIL – Credit Suisse resumes monitoring of the two oil groups with a recommendation to “outperform”. (Writing by Marc Angrand, editing by Kate Entringer)
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