Marketmind: Big Tech weighs in, UK relieved

[July 19, 2023]  (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan
 
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Red-hot, Big Tech mega caps that have driven Wall St stocks to their highest in more than year start to clock second-quarter updates later on Wednesday, while world markets were buoyed again as Britain finally starts to join the disinflation club.

Tesla and Netflix - both part of New York's 10-stock FANG+TM index of leading tech and digital giants that has almost doubled so far this year - will report after the bell on Wednesday. IBM also releases earnings.

Forecast-beating banks get an update from Goldman Sachs after investment banking rival Morgan Stanley updates in the light of a forecast-beating UK inflation

Events to watch for later on Wednesday:

* U.S. corporate earnings: Tesla, Goldman Sachs, Netflix, IBM, Kinder Morgan, United Airlines, Halliburton, M&T Bank, Northern Trust, Zions Bancorp, US Bancorp, Citizens Financial, Nasdaq, Equifax, Discover Financial, Crown Castle, Steel Dynamics, Baker Hughes, Elevance Health

* U.S. June housing starts and permits

* U.S. Treasury auctions 20-year bonds

(By Mike Dolan, Editing by Bernadette Baum; [e-mail]. Twitter: @reutersMikeD)

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