(Updated with Deere, pre-market quotes, futures)
PARIS, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Main stocks to watch on Friday on Wall Street where index futures give a lower opening:
* DEERE – The U.S. farm equipment maker raised its forecast for fiscal 2023 after posting quarterly profit growth on the back of demand and higher customer spending.
* MODERNA – The flu vaccine candidate, using messenger RNA technology, generated a strong immune response against the A strains of the disease but failed to demonstrate that it was at least as effective as an existing vaccine against less common B strains, the American group announced on Thursday. Its action lost 6% in non-session trading.
* BOEING said on Thursday it would integrate its Boeing Capital financing division into its commercial aircraft unit to simplify its corporate structure.
* PFIZER and Valneva announced the exclusion of a significant percentage of participants recruited in the United States for a phase III study of a vaccine candidate against Lyme disease, due to violations of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) in certain centers managed by a third party company.
* APPLIED MATERIALS posted quarterly revenue well above expectations, thanks to a full order book and solid demand for its tools used in manufacturing chips for the automotive industry and artificial intelligence. He gained 1.5% before the market.
* VISA announced that the resignation, which will be effective at the end of September, of its chief financial officer, Vasant Prabhu.
* DOORDASH on Thursday announced a $750 million share buyback program and anticipates a key earnings measure above expectations after strong growth in the fourth quarter. The meal delivery group took 6% in trading before the opening.
* TESLA on Friday raised prices in China for some models of its Model Y midsize SUV, its website shows.
* COCA-COLA, P&G, CONSTELLATION BRANDS, ESTEE LAUDER – Citigroup begins tracking to “buy.” (Laetitia Volga, editing by Kate Entringer)
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