Earnings Report

Deere & Co. (DE) on Friday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $1.21 billion.

Campbell Soup Co. (CPB) on Friday reported a fiscal third-quarter loss of $393 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.

Equipment sales rose 34%.

Walmart is reporting better-than-expected profit and revenue for the first quarter with rising e-commerce sales.

Nordstrom is reporting better-than-expected results for the first quarter.

J.C. Penney is reporting a first-quarter loss along the lines of what analysts had expected, but also strong revenue.

J.C. Penney is the second retailer after Home Depot Inc to blame the prolonged cold weather for a drop in same-store sales.

Walmart tops first-quarter expectations

Danish shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk says its first-quarter revenue increased by 30 percent to $9.3 billion, but also noted increased uncertainties due to geopolitical risks, trade tensions and other factors impacting freight rates, bunker prices and rate of exchange.

Home Depot is reporting strong first-quarter profits, though sales at comparable stores was weaker than most had expected, as was revenue.

Sales at the world's largest home improvement retailer missed expectations due to a "slow start to the spring selling season."

Retailers including Walmart, Home Depot and JC Penney highlight this week's events.

The major U.S. stock indexes edged higher in early trading Friday as gains in health care companies and banks outweighed losses elsewhere.

The U.S. Postal Service is reporting another quarterly loss.

The owner of Wall Street Journal and HarperCollins reported higher revenue as more people used its real estate app and website.

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Italy's largest bank by assets, UniCredit, has reported its best first quarter in more than a decade, with net profits up 22 percent to 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion).