North American Morning Briefing: Stock Futures, -2-

FC Private Equity Realty Management Opposes Melcor Developments Agreement for Melcor REIT Units, Calling It a 'Take Under' Transaction With a 45% Discount to Net Asset Value

NanoXplore 4Q Rev C$38.1M

Willow Biosciences to Collaborate With a 'Leading' Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Manufacturer to Develop an Enzyme; Enzyme Development Expected to Enable Commercial-Scale Production of the API in 2025

Expected Major Events for Thursday

09:00/ITA: Jul Balance of Payments

11:00/UK: 3Q Agents' Summary of Business Conditions

11:00/UK: UK interest rate decision

12:30/US: Sep Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Survey

12:30/US: 2Q International Transactions

12:30/US: 09/14 Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims

12:30/US: U.S. Weekly Export Sales

13:00/RUS: Weekly International Reserves

14:00/US: Aug Existing Home Sales

14:00/US: Aug Leading Indicators

14:30/US: 09/13 EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report

20:30/US: Federal Discount Window Borrowings

20:30/US: Foreign Central Bank Holdings

23:01/UK: Sep UK Consumer Confidence Survey

23:30/JPN: Aug CPI (Nation), CPI ex-food (Nation)

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Expected Earnings for Thursday

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc (CBRL) is expected to report $0.99 for 4Q.

Critical Metals Corp (CRML) is expected to report for 2Q.

Darden Restaurants Inc (DRI) is expected to report $1.83 for 1Q.

Delta Apparel Co (DLA) is expected to report $0.23 for 3Q.

DermTech Inc (DMTK) is expected to report $-0.52 for 2Q.

Factset Research Systems Inc (FDS) is expected to report $3.31 for 4Q.

FedEx Corp (FDX) is expected to report $4.58 for 1Q.

Lennar Corp - Class A (LEN,LENB) is expected to report $3.64 for 3Q.

Lightpath Technologies Inc - Class A (LPTH) is expected to report $-0.05 for 4Q.

MillerKnoll Inc (MLKN) is expected to report $0.34 for 1Q.

Orbit Garant Drilling (OGD.T) is expected to report for 4Q.

Spanish Broadcasting System Inc - A Share (SBSAA) is expected to report for 2Q.

ThermoGenesis Holdings Inc (THMO) is expected to report for 2Q.

Vecima Networks Inc (VCM.T) is expected to report for 4Q.

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ANALYST RATINGS ACTIONS

Ambac Financial Group Raised to Buy From Neutral by Roth MKM

Cencora Cut to Neutral From Buy by B of A Securities

Edwards Lifesciences Cut to Hold From Buy by Jefferies

Extra Space Storage Raised to Buy From Hold by Jefferies

GE Hlthcr Techs Raised to Buy From Neutral by BTIG

Incyte Cut to Hold From Buy by Truist Securities

NMI Holdings Raised to Outperform From Sector Perform by RBC Capital

Portland General Electric Cut to Equal-Weight From Overweight by Barclays

ResMed Cut to Underperform From Peer Perform by Wolfe Research

Sirius XM Raised to Buy From Neutral by Guggenheim

SL Green Realty Raised to Neutral From Sell by Compass Point

VF Corp Raised to Overweight From Equal-Weight by Barclays

Victoria's Secret Raised to Equal-Weight From Underweight by Barclays

This article is a text version of a Wall Street Journal newsletter published earlier today.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

September 19, 2024 06:25 ET (10:25 GMT)

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