TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Wednesday

Stocks lacked direction on Monday, ahead of tomorrow’s FOMC meeting.

The Dow fell -20.11, the Nasdaq Composite rose +1.47 , and the S&P 500 slipped -1.47.

Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Wednesday:

Visa
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rose more than 6% after reporting Q2 earnings of $0.52, beating the consensus estimate by $0.07.

Shares of MasterCard
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surged more than 12% after the company delivered much better than expected earnings.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rejected the Merck‘s
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application for a new drug. MRK lost more than 10%.

After the close, Express Scripts
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reported earnings of $0.70, beating estimates by $0.03.

Flextronics
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also beat estimates by $0.03 per share.

Before the market open, Procter & Gamble
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is scheduled to report, with analysts looking for $0.81.

And, General Motors
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is expected to report a loss of -$1.54.

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