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GoPro, Peloton, Roku, DraftKings: What to Watch When the Stock Market Opens Today

Here’s what we’re watching before Friday’s trading action gets underway.

U.S. stock futures were mixed after fresh data showed the unemployment rate ticked higher even as businesses have struggled to fill some job openings.
Futures tied to the S&P 500 ticked up 0.3%, a day after the broad-market index closed near its all-time high. Nasdaq-100 futures jumped 1.2% higher. Futures linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average were down 0.1% after the blue-chips index notched a closing record Thursday. Read our full market wrap here.

U.S. wholesale inventories for March, due at 10 a.m., are expected to rise 1.4% from a month earlier. U.S. consumer credit for March is out at 3 p.m.

GoPro shares rocketed 9.7% higher premarket. The camera maker said demand for its more high-end cameras and an uptick in subscriptions helped boost its first-quarter revenue.

Peloton shares added 5.7% ahead of the bell. The connected-fitness company said a recall of its treadmills will dent revenue and profit.
AMC Entertainment gained 2.1% premarket after the theater chain said it has benefited as rivals stayed shut or went bankrupt during the pandemic.
Beyond Meat dropped 7.8% premarket. The plant-based food company is gearing up to help produce McDonald’s soon-to-come McPlant products, but in the meantime Covid-19 has shrunk the number of restaurants where consumers can buy Beyond Burgers.
Energy Transfer rose 4% premarket. The pipeline operator benefited from surging natural gas prices during the February storm in Texas.
Square gained 5.1% after the payments company reported a hefty pop in revenue in the first quarter because of bitcoin.
Expedia rallied 6.1% after the online travel company’s results came in better than expected.
Roku jumped 11% premarket. The streaming-media service continued to see a boost from homebound customers consuming more entertainment content during the pandemic.
Dropbox gained 2.8% premarket. The technology company’s quarterly revenue was up 12% from the same period a year ago.
DraftKings rose 4.1% premarket after the sports-betting company posted a steeper first-quarter loss, but revenue year-over-year that grew along with the site’s user base.

Copper prices on Friday were on course to close at record highs. Copper futures on CME Group’s Comex rose 1.2% to $4.66 a pound, surpassing their closing record of $4.63 from 2011.
Healthcare stocks notched the smallest gain of the S&P 500’s 11 sectors on Thursday, rising less than 0.1%, after having traded in the red for much of the day on the U.S. decision to back an effort to open up the intellectual property underpinning Covid-19 vaccines.

House prices around the world have rallied through the economic turmoil. Growing leverage and decreasing affordability raise both financial and political risks, writes Heard on the Street columnist Mike Bird.

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