Morning Market News Digest 早盘市场新闻摘要

。Pacific Time 7:43AM : Dow -36.90，  S&P 500 -8.27， Nasdaq -70.01, Russell 2000 -5.94, WTI crude oil +0.69%，Gold+0.13%， US dollar index-0.30%.

。Oversea markets: Shanghai+0.52%, Japan closed, Hong Kong－0.65%, Germany-0.25%, UK-0.50%, France-0.42%.

。Weak sectors: OIH, FDN, SOCL, IBB, XRT Strong sectors:SMH

。Caixin/Markit Chinese factory PMI for April falling to 50.2, lower than the March figure of 50.8. ---Wall Street Breakfast

。Preliminary growth data from the eurozone showed the economy grew 0.4% in the first quarter, up from 0.2% in Q4 of 2018 and up from a 0.1% figure for the third quarter.  ---Wall Street Breakfast

。McDonald’s （MCD -0.08%）The Dow Jones Industrial Average component posted stronger-than-forecast results for the first quarter as same-store sales grew at a stronger pace than expected. McDonald’s earnings came in at $1.78 per share, 3 cents above a Refinitv estimate. Sales for the company totaled $4.956 billion, topping a $4.933 billion forecast. ---CNBC

。Alphabet(GOOGL -8.55%) — The Google-parent reported better-than-expected earnings but posting a slowdown in advertising revenue growth. The company said its ad revenue grew by 15.3% in the first quarter, down from 24.4% in the year-earlier period. ---CNBC

。General Electric (GE +2.98%) reported a more than three-fold rise in quarterly profit to $954M, helped by higher sales in aviation, oil and gas, and healthcare, offsetting a loss in renewable energy and much lower earnings in power. ---Seeking Alpha

。Western Digital（WDC －4.06%） — Shares of the data storage company fell about 5.5% on the back of weaker-than-expected fiscal third quarter results. Western Digital posted adjusted earnings per share of 17 cents on revenue of $3.67 billion. Analysts expected a profit of 46 cents per share on sales of $3.68 billion. ---CNBC

。It's no secret that younger Americans are more supportive of marijuana legalization. It appears that they're pretty upbeat on marijuana stocks, too. The free investing app Robinhood is especially popular with millennial investors, which consist of individuals born between 1981 and 1996. Of the five most widely held stocks on Robinhood, two of them are pot stocks -- Aurora Cannabis (ACB ＋1.21%) and Cronos Group (CRON ＋1.53%). ---Motley Fool




。财新/ Markit中国4月工厂采购经理人指数降至50.2，低于3月份的50.8。 ---Wall Street Breakfast

。欧元区初步增长数据显示，第一季度经济增长0.4％，高于2018年第四季度的0.2％和第三季度的0.1％。 ---Wall Street Breakfast

。麦当劳（MCD -0.08%） - 道琼斯工业平均指数成份股公布第一季度业绩强于预期，因为同店销售增长速度超过预期。 麦当劳的每股收益为1.78美元，比Refinitv估计高出3美分。 该公司的销售总额为49.56亿美元，超过预期的49.33亿美元。---CNBC

。Alphabet（GOOGL -8.55%） - 谷歌母公司报告盈利好于预期，但广告收入增长放缓。该公司表示，其第一季度的广告收入增长了15.3％，低于去年同期的24.4％。 --- CNBC

。通用电气（GE +2.98%）季度利润增长超过三倍，达到9.54亿美元。因为航空，石油和天然气以及医疗保健的销售增长，抵消了可再生能源和电力方面的损失。 ---Seeking Alpha

。西部数据 （WDC -4.06%）第三季度业绩弱于预期。西部数据公布的调整后每股收益为17美分，营收为36.7亿美元。分析师预计每股盈利46美分，销售额为36.8亿美元。 --- CNBC

。年轻的美国人更加支持大麻合法化已经不是什么秘密了。看起来他们对大麻股票也非常乐观。免费投资应用程序Robinhood特别受千禧一代投资者的欢迎，这些投资者包括1981年至1996年间出生的个人。在Robinhood中最受欢迎的五只股票中，其中两只是大麻股票 -  Aurora Cannabis（ACB +1.21%）和Cronos Group（CRON +1.53%）。 ---Motley Fool