Investing.com - Stocks in focus in pre-market trade Tuesday:
• Home Depot (NYSE:HD) stock rose 1.54% by 8:03 AM ET (13:03 GMT) as the company reported quarterly earnings that beat consensus and lifted its full-year sales guidance.
• General Electric (NYSE:GE) stock gained 2.00% after it announced a series of agreements with Baker Hughes, including cooperation to sell nearly half its stake in the oil services provider.
• Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) stock advanced 1.08% after reportedly picking New York City and Northern Virginia as the sites for its second and third headquarters, according to The Wall Street Journal.
• Snap (NYSE:SNAP) stock traded up 1.35% after its vice president of content Nick Bell announced he is leaving the company.
• Walmart (NYSE:WMT) stock slipped 0.30% after the chief executive for its Flipkart division announced his resignation following a “serious misconduct” investigation.
• Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) slumped 2.34% after the company reported quarterly sales that missed estimates.
• Cronos Group (NASDAQ:CRON) stock fell 1.18% after the company missed consensus on the top and bottom lines.
• Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) stock surged 23.19% after the company reported positive results from its Phase 2 study of medication in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and elevated LDL-cholesterol.
• Eventbrite (NYSE:EB) stock sank 8.01% after it reported a wider-than-expected loss per share for the third quarter.
• Avenue Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ATXI) skyrocketed 26.20% after InvaGen Pharmaceuticals agreed to acquire a 33.3% stake in the company for $35 million.