so what is the outlook for caterpill caterpillar? dominic chu has more. >> their bulldozers, dump trucks and heavy machiny are used by everything from miners to drillers and construction worker, and they're used all over the world. that is why many use their growth as a gauge. caterpillar reported full sales and raised the full-year profit forecast thanks to increased demand from the north american construction, oil and gas markets. the strength in caterpillar stock helped to fuel gains in the overall stock market. but while many traders and investors focused on the stock gains others are a bit more cautious. >> one of the reasons that caterpillar headed into 2015 was exactly on that piece with oil prices coming down, if they fall further going into 2015 that will impact many of t way.illar's business, not for "nightly business report,". >>> another big name out with solid earnings just general motors despite the recalls of more than 30 million vehicles in the first half of the year gm had its best third quarter since 1980. surging t

headlines from around the world. 46 s&p companies report today, including economic bellwether caterpill caterpillar. >>> and european zone reverse losses after flash pmi beats forecasts. >>> canada's prime minister is calling the fatal shooting of a soldier at a war memorial an act of terrorism. he says the country will, quote, never be intimidated. >> announcer: you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >>> let's have a look at what markets are doing. u.s. futures, the implied open is upwards. yesterday was the first move down in the s&p and dow, all moves of less than 1%. nevertheless, we're expecting a bounceback in u.s. markets today. the implied open, 14 points. the dow up 124 points. the nasdaq up 27 points. let's have a look at european markets. it's been all changed during the trading session so far today. the ftse 100 is the laggard, down 0.6%. it's weighed down by tesco, which is off some 6%. but also weighed down by retail saels sales, which were in positive territory, up 2.7% year on year. but that was weaker than expected the and that's hur

from the get go after the earnings from 3 m and caterpill caterpillar, dow took off, up 300 points, just about 2:00 eastern time. then word coming out when this doctor who's been hospitalized in new york city with symptoms seem to suggest ebola, talk about it with bob pisani in a moment here. highlight 3 m andcality pill land contributions they made. for a time, they made up 90 points -- plus points for date. microso microsoft, amazon trading high today today. >> did appear to have an influence on the market but report it in a way that indicate wers confirming it. report those facts. >> understandably in some care going to be selling, the sell before the confirmation. happened two weeks ago shall the dow would have dropped much more. the response of the market perhaps a light slightly built more knew what happened, i think is the correct way to look at it, earnings terrific, what surprised me most of all, bill, i was expecting a lot of negative commentary about the european weakness in companies, hearing, a little, not a lot, how strong the u.s. is. >> hear that from companies coming up

that is not the case for caterpill caterpillar. look at this.e were up 100 points before we got this. at this point up 140 points. >> and then the gm trade up as well. >> what's interesting about this, too, is they -- >> 3m is up $2 too. >> they say in here from an economic perspective we believe there is a reasonable likelihood that world economic growth could improve in 2015. growth oriented monetary policy should support continued modest improvement. we believe the infrastructure for places like india, turkey, and the united states. so that's good for caterpillar. >> they said cautious optimism for improved economic growth but significant risks and uncertainties could temper growth. stop the presses on that one. we talk about that on a daily basis. >> dominic, you're getting the headline earnings of these big companies. but the ignored ones like dana earlier, the stock had been beat up. we think the stock could be up 50% the next 12 months. and they supply parts and components to the global auto industry. >> which do you think is up 50%? >> d