S&P up 0.42%. Nasdaq up 0.36%
The major US indices on trading near high levels.
- The S&P index is up 11.72 points or 0.41% at 2835.50
- The NASDAQ composite index is up 27 points or 0.36% at 2438.20
- The Dow industrial average is about hundred and 40 points or 0.53% at 26289.
There are more key earnings after the close with Amazon, Apple and Amgen leading the way. Amazon is currently trading down $12.73 cents or -0.88% on some profit taking before the key release. Apple is higher by $.59 or 0.35%. Amgen is higher by $.02 or 0.34%
The overachievers today include:
- Microsoft of 0.79%. They reported earnings after the close yesterday
- J.P. Morgan of 0.85%
- Twitter of 1.72%
- Boeing up 1.54%
- Disney up 1.63%
- MasterCard up 3.36%. They reported earnings today.
- Facebook reported after the close yesterday and is up 3.8% to a record level of $194
Some underachievers today:
- ALibaba down -4.66%. Although they had higher revenues, the earnings came up short today.
- Celgene -0.43%
- Intel -0.51%
- Micron -1.51%
- United Continental -1.28%
- Chipotle was downgraded today and it has fallen -4.24%
