Shares on Wall Street were essentially flat early today as markets perused more corporate earnings, the Associated Press reports. Futures for the Dow were down less than 0.1% before the bell, and futures for the S&P 500 inched up less than 0.1%.
Shares of Apple fell more than 2% in after-hours trading after the iPhone maker posted another quarter of lagging sales.
Online travel company Expedia jumped more than 10% after it beat Wall Street’s third-quarter sales and profit targets and announced a new $5 billion share repurchase authorization.
Longer-term Treasury yields fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury slipped to 4.65% early today from more than 5% last week, when it reached its highest level since 2007.
Oil prices were steady this morning after experiencing wild swings this week. A barrel of benchmark U.S. oil rose 72 cents to $83.18 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, the international standard, gained 56 cents to $87.41 per barrel.
In currency trading, the U.S. dollar fell to 150.19 Japanese yen from 150.44 yen.
