Shares of the California company are up about 2% before the market opens.
Lowe’s jumped more than 5% after the home improvement chain beat Wall Street profit targets and raised some of its full-year guidance.
Elsewhere, in Europe at midday, France’s CAC 40 ticked up 0.1%, Germany’s DAX rose 0.4% and the FTSE 100 in Britain was unchanged.
In Asia, Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped 0.3% to finish at 48,537.70. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped 0.4% to 25,830.65, while the Shanghai Composite rose 0.2% to 3,946.74.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 shed 0.3% to 8,447.90, while South Korea’s Kospi lost 0.6% to 3,929.51. Taiwan’s Taiex lost 0.7%.
In energy trading, benchmark U.S. crude lost $1.17, or 1.9%, to $59.50 a barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, fell $1.16 to $63.73 per barrel.
