(Actualized with P&G, SLB, Autoliv, Albemarle/SQM)
PARIS, April 21 (Reuters) – Key stocks to watch on Friday on Wall Street where index futures suggest a slightly lower open:
* PROCTER & GAMBLE raised its annual revenue target, stressing that higher prices should offset lower volumes. The consumer goods group gained 1% in pre-market trading.
* SLB, formerly Schlumberger, posted quarterly earnings above market expectations on the back of crude prices and demand for its oil services.
* TESLA has raised the price of its high-end Model S and Y electric vehicles in the United States, its website shows on Thursday, although these are still 20% lower than their level at the start of the year.
* FORD MOTOR — Ford chief executive Jim Farley said late Thursday that the U.S. automaker would need to reshape its brand in China in a booming and fiercely competitive market, without elaborating.
* UNITED AIRLINES announced Thursday evening that six BOEING 737 MAX 8, whose delivery was scheduled for the second quarter, could be delivered only in the third due to a problem in production reported by the American aircraft manufacturer.
* CARLYLE GROUP, which controls with Trustar Capital the Chinese subsidiary of MCDONALD’S, is looking for new partners for this activity valued between 8 and 10 billion dollars, reports the Bloomberg agency.
* AUTOLIV fell 4% in pre-market trading, the world leader in airbags and seat belts having announced disappointing growth in its operating profit in the first quarter.
* ALBEMARLE and SQM, respectively number one and two in lithium production, fell sharply ahead of the stock market after the announcement by the Chilean President, Gabriel Boric, of a project to nationalize the industry of this metal used in the electric car batteries. Chile is the world’s second largest producer of lithium. (Written by Claude Chendjou and Laetitia Volga, edited by Blandine Hénault)
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