Apple, Citigroup, BlackRock, BofA, Delta: What to Watch When the Stock Market Opens Today

• Earnings are due this morning from

  Citigroup,

  C -1.54%

  Wells Fargo

  WFC -2.11%

  and

  Delta Air Lines.

  DAL -3.55%

• BlackRock

  BLK -0.86%

  kicked off the day’s wave of expected reports, when it said its second-quarter profits rose 14%. Its assets under management rose 30% from a year ago to close to $10 trillion. But market watchers seemed unimpressed, as its shares slipped 1.5% premarket.

• Bank of America

  BAC -1.90%

  was the next earnings report to drop, and it said consumer spending has significantly surpassed pre-pandemic levels, but also that low interest rates continued to be a challenge during the recent quarter. Its shares were down more than 2% ahead of the bell.

• Apple

  AAPL 0.79%

  shares jumped 2% premarket after Bloomberg reported that the company is aiming to boost its iPhone production this year by up to 20%. And even though this year’s product update, due in September, is expected to bring only incremental changes, Apple is hoping that the shift to 5G and a better consumer environment post-pandemic will have the newer phones flying off the shelves.

• American Airlines

  AAL -3.93%

  earnings aren’t due until next week, but investors appear to be hoping for some good news, as its shares are up 3% premarket.

• Investors in Canadian sports-media and betting company

  Score Media & Gaming

  SCR -2.51%

  were taking their money off the table, sending its U.S.-traded shares down more than 7% off hours. It logged greater sales year over year in the latest quarter due to strength in its media business, but it posted a larger net loss as expenses rose.

• ZoomInfo Technologies

  ZI -0.19%

  slipped 0.4% premarket after the business-intelligence platform, which is buying Chorus.ai for $575 million, on Tuesday raised about $500 million in debt.

Chart of the Day

• Investor and government funds are pouring into clean tech years after the failures of Solyndra and A123 Systems chilled early enthusiasm for green investing.