Jan. 31 at 3:22 AM
$AXP - American Express reported 4th quarter earnings that came in slightly under Wall Street consensus, in part due to higher expenses related to the Platinum card refresh.
$SPY - Stocks retreated on Friday as tech shares remained in a funk, even as investors largely approved of President Donald Trump’s pick of Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve.
Still the S&P 500 squeaked out a January gain, despite Friday’s losses and volatile trading this month.
$AAPL - Apple swung between gains and losses despite beating fiscal 1st quarter expectations and reporting a significant surge in iPhone sales.
$VZ - Verizon shares surged nearly 12%, marking their best day since 2008.
The tele-communications giant beat analyst expectations and provided a strong full year outlook for earnings.