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Wall Street looked to open lower Wednesday as a raft of companies beating earning estimates failed to generate much market momentum.
Earnings season rolls on with a week that will ultimately see 25 percent of the S&P 500 report their quarterly numbers.
Dow component Boeing [BA
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Also in earnings, Eli Lilly [LLY
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And major banks Wells Fargo [LLY
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] both beat analyst estimates but investors were split. Wells Shares fell 1.4 percent premarket while Morgan climbed about 1.6 percent.
Yahoo [YHOO
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Yahoo shares gained 4 percent in premarket trading while Sandisk jumped 8 percent.
In company news, officials CNBC.com-parent General Electric [GE
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Also in deal news, US Bancorp [USB
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And Morgan Stanley may hand over its Crescent Real Estate Equities unit to Barclays Capital, the Journal reported.
This morning's earnings reports include: Continental Airlines [CAL
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Prominent after-the-bell reports include Amgen [AMGN
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On the economic calendar, the most prominent report of the day comes from the Federal Reserve, which will release its Beige Book at 2pm ET.
Also on the calendar: the Mortgage Bankers Association reported another drop in home loan applications as interest rates continue to edge higher. Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker speaks on the economy in Richmond, VA at noon, while Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren also has an appearance at 4:30 pm in Chatham, MA.
Possible stock moving news: Dell [DELL
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Sun Microsystems [JAVA
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]. Drugmaker Elan [ELN
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] (ELN) is increasing its earnings guidance for the full year. And Geely Automotive's talks to buy Volvo from Ford Motor [F
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