Four top banks in the United States are preparing to unveil their quarterly earnings. The report, which will drop later on Friday, should determine quarter three revenue allocation. Following news of the report’s release, US stocks shed some pips. 

US Indexes Fell Over Earning Report Release 

Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan Chase & Co futures contracts dived on Friday. Conversely, Wells Fargo & Co and Citigroup Inc. gained 0.4 percent and 0.6 percent each. These banks will release their revenue reports later today.

Markets expect the report to reveal a downturn in net income. Firstly because of the severity of market conditions which discontinued investment-banking exercises. Also, lenders reserved emergency funds to fill in for losses from borrowers paying late. 

Sophie Lund-Yates, Hargreaves Lansdowne’s head of equity analyst, shared her opinion of the banks’ situation. According to Sophie, banks are vulnerable, given the impact of a frail economy. Hence, borrowing costs might increase to fill the void unrepaid loans have created. 

She added that the height of costs would determine how intense quarter four’s consumer chaos would get. A Wall Street analyst stated an estimate of the rainy-day-funds banks reserved to cover lost loans. According to him, six giant banks in the United States have set $5 billion aside for the project in quarter three.

Doing this will aid keep them in business when the forecasted recession hits. On Thursday, bank heads commented on economic activity restrictions. They said stringent capital requirements, which increased following the 2008 financial meltdown, could constrain the economy. 

US Retail Sales Report To Be Released

Furthermore, health organization UnitedHealth Group will release its quarter three earning report. Investors are watching the industry’s pacemaker prices. With this, they can determine whether COVID-19 insurance cost is now stable. 

Amid premarket trading, technology shares and Megacap growth indexes slid. Alphabet Inc. and NVidia Corp fell 0.6 percent and 0.8 percent each. Also, e-minis indexes slumped at 4 a.m. ET. 

Nasdaq 100 dropped 0.36 percent, an equivalent of 39.5 points. The Dow Jones Industrial index lost 49 points, equal to 0.16 percent. Further, S&P 500 lined with the trend and gave out 7.25 points, an equivalent of 0.2 percent. 

From January to date, the banking index has lost 29.5%. On Wednesday, it gained 5.4 percent. 

Besides earning reports from banks, US retail sales data is due at 8.30 a.m. ET. Investors expect this data to gauge demand levels in line with Fed’s constant rate hikes. The US Federal Reserve has lifted rates four consecutive times by 75bps. 

Wednesday saw three top indexes plunge following the CPI update. The data revealed inflation soared beyond expectation in September. Therefore, causing investors to price in another 75 basis points at November’s FOMC meeting. 

Meanwhile, Wall Street indexes abruptly recovered losses toward the daily market close on Thursday. They increased by 2 percent after investors wagered on them.