TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Wednesday

Financial stocks helped the markets close higher on Tuesday ahead of Wednesday’s FOMC policy announcement.

The Dow gained 58.70. The Nasdaq Composite closed ahead by 15.44. And the S&P 500 ended the day up 9.14.

Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Wednesday.

Yahoo!
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reported a quarterly loss of 22 cents per share, but non-GARP earnings of 17 cents per share after the close on Tuesday. The stock was higher by as much as 3% immediately after the announcement in after hours trading.

Also reporting quarterly earnings after the bell on Tuesday was biotech firm, Gilead Sciences
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, which beat analyst expectations by a wide mark.

AT&T
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reports quarterly earnings Wednesday morning before the market opens. Analysts are expecting EPS of 66 cents.

Eighty cents per share is what analysts are expecting when Boeing
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reports earnings before the market opens on Wednesday.

Analysts are expecting Wells Fargo
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to announce quarterly earnings of seven cents per share when it reports Wednesday before the opening bell.

Qualcomm
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announces earnings Wednesday after the market closes. Analysts are expecting earnings per share of 0.39.

Starbucks
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is expected to report earnings per share of 17 cents when the company announces quarterly profits Wednesday after the bell.

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