Spotify Technology SA reported better-than-expected second-quarter revenue on Wednesday, but added fewer paid subscribers than estimated, sending its shares down 2.2% in trading before the bell.
General Electric Co swung back to a financial loss in the second quarter, as the cost of restructuring its ailing power business and the grounding of a Boeing Co jetliner model drained more cash than expected from GE's otherwise profitable industrial units.
U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Wednesday, as trade worries eased after Apple reported upbeat earnings and forecast, while investors awaited an almost certain cut in interest rates by the Federal Reserve.
General Motors Co's investors will see on Thursday how the Detroit carmaker is weathering declining sales and mounting price pressures in its largest markets when it reports second-quarter earnings.
U.S. and Chinese negotiators wrapped up a brief round of trade talks on Wednesday that Beijing described as "constructive", including discussion of further purchases of American farm goods and an agreement to reconvene in September.
Baker Hughes, General Electric Co's oilfield services arm, reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday, helped by higher activity in LNG markets and rise in international demand for oilfield services.
General Electric says Miller will remain with the company during the leadership transition.
General Electric shares rose after second-quarter earnings topped expectations and it gave a better-than-expected cash flow outlook.
General Electric Co's oilfield services arm, Baker Hughes, reported a better-than-expected profit, helped by higher LNG markets activity and a rise in international demand for oilfield services, sending its shares up more than 5%.
Fiat Chrysler took the market by surprise by sticking to its full-year profit guidance on Wednesday after a strong performance from its RAM pick-up brand in North America helped it to defy an industry slowdown.
Fiat Chrysler enters the second half of the year with strong momentum, especially in North America and Latin America, Chief Executive Mike Manley said on Wednesday.
Fresh trade war fears weighed on global stocks on Wednesday before a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting, with the dollar holding firm and Britain's pound subdued on growing fears of a no-deal Brexit.
Shares of Apple Inc rose 4.2% on Wednesday, after the company calmed Wall Street nerves with an improvement in sales in China and as several brokerages predicted a boost from its services business and the launch of new iPhones in the second half of 2019.
Apple's net income this year is projected to be almost equal to what the company booked four years earlier. Yet the stock has nearly doubled.
E-commerce giant Amazon has agreed to buy Israeli storage technology startup E8 Storage, Israeli financial media reported on Wednesday.