[Jinshi Data Compilation: Daily U.S. Stock Market News Express (Friday, November 1)]
Important News
1. The U.S. non-farm data for October unexpectedly slowed down significantly, and the unemployment rate remained stable.
Stock News
1. Apple (AAPL.O): Revenue in Q4 of fiscal year 2024 was $94.9 billion, compared with $89.5 billion in the same period last year, and the market expected $94.58 billion. Net profit in Q4 of fiscal year 2024 was $14.736 billion, compared with $22.956 billion in the same period last year, and the market expected $23.52 billion.
2. Two subsidiaries of JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) agreed to pay more than $151 million to settle a series of charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) related to how the company handled customer funds, disclosed fees and allowed certain prohibited transactions.
3. OpenAI announced on Thursday that it has launched a search feature in ChatGPT.
4. Intel (INTC.O): Q3 revenue of $13.28 billion, down from $14.2 billion in the same period last year, market expectation was $13.02 billion. Q4 revenue outlook is between $13.3 billion and $14.3 billion, while the market estimate is $13.66 billion.
5. Amazon (AMZN.O): Q3 revenue increased by 11% year-on-year to $158.9 billion, exceeding market expectations; operating profit was $17.4 billion, higher than the market expectation of $14.7 billion. Q3 revenue from the cloud computing division AWS grew by 19% year-on-year to $27.5 billion, in line with market expectations.
6. According to informed sources, after completing a new round of $5.6 billion financing last week, Waymo, Alphabet (GOOGL.O)'s autonomous driving subsidiary, has been valued at over $45 billion.
7. ExxonMobil (XOM.N): Q3 earnings reached $8.6 billion, with earnings per share of $1.92.
8. Amazon (AMZN.O) Q3 profits and revenues exceeded expectations, with impressive retail growth.
9. Chevron (CVX.N): Q3 adjusted earnings per share were $2.51, higher than market expectations of $2.40. Chevron expects stock buybacks in Q4 to be between $4 billion and $4.75 billion.
10. STMicroelectronics (STM.N) announced its Q3 2024 financial report: net revenue totaled $3.25 billion, a decline of 26.6% year-on-year.
11. Ford Motor Company (F.N) announced that it will temporarily halt production of its all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup due to slowing demand and high inventory. (Source: Jin Shi Data)