(Updated with futures contracts on indices, Goldman Sachs, pre-exchange prices of oil groups)
PARIS, December 16 (Reuters) –
Top stocks to watch on Friday on Wall Street, where futures on major indices suggest an open down from
1.12% for the Dow Jones, from
0.99% for the Standard & Poor’s 500 and
0.5% for the Nasdaq
* ADOBE jumped 4.2% in premarket trading, as the Photoshop maker said on Thursday it expects first-quarter adjusted earnings per share of between $3.65 and $3.70 versus analyst consensus of $3.64 according to data from Refinitiv.
* The
national financial prosecutor’s office
(PNF) French announced Friday that searches had taken place Thursday on the site of GENERAL ELECTRIC in Belfort within the framework of a preliminary investigation for aggravated money laundering of aggravated tax fraud.
* The oil groups CHEVRON and EXXON MOBIL yielded 1.2% and 1.6% respectively in the forefront of the market in the wake of the ebb in oil, following the rise in interest rate expectations in the United States.
* GOLDMAN SACHS will lay off up to 4,000 people as the US bank struggles to meet its profitability targets, the news platform reports on Friday
Semafor
citing sources familiar with the matter.
* US STEEL gained nearly 1% in pre-market after the group raised its forecast range for adjusted earnings per share for the fourth quarter.
* AMAZON will adapt the battle game “Warhammer 40,000” to cinema and television after signing an agreement in principle to this effect with the British publisher Games Workshop.
* META PLATFORMS takes 1.7% in pre-market after raising the recommendation of JP Morgan to “overweight” against “neutral”.
* DIGITAL WORLD ACQUISITION CORP fell 4.8% in pre-market after the announcement on Friday of the departure of its financial director Luiz Braganza. (Written by Claude Chendjou, edited by Blandine Hénault and Kate Entringer)