Stocks to watch next week: Amazon, Apple, Anglo American and Novo Nordisk

Earnings season is in full swing, and investors have some high expectations for some of the mega-caps reporting next week such as Amazon and Apple. In the UK, investors should still keep a focus on Anglo American as the bid rejection from BHP is unlikely to be the last move by the Australian miner. In Europe, the continent's most valuable company Novo Nordisk will show if it still reigns supreme. Here's what to look out for: Ahead of the company’s quarterly results, several analysts have been reaffirming their bullish views on the stock. Amazon is scheduled to report its first-quarter financial results after the US market close on 30 April. The company is expected to report earnings of 83 cents per share on revenue of $142.495bn, according to estimates from Benzinga Pro. Total net sales of $142.59bn are predicted, up from $127.36bn a year ago. Wedbush Securities analysts wrote in a note that ads on Prime Video could generate about "$6.5bn of incremental revenue" once it is fully in place across the world. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said in his shareholder letter earlier this month that he thinks artificial intelligence could be the "largest technology transformation since the cloud (which...

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