Stocks open higher ahead of a busy week of company earnings | Business
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A woman wearing a face mask walks past a bank’s electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong Monday, April 26, 2021.
People walk past a bank’s electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong Monday, April 26, 2021. Shares opened higher in Asia on Monday after a strong finish last week on Wall Street.
A man wearing a face mask walks past a bank’s electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong Monday, April 26, 2021. Shares opened higher in Asia on Monday after a strong finish last week on Wall Street.
People wearing face masks walk past a bank’s electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong Monday, April 26, 2021. Shares opened higher in Asia on Monday after a strong finish last week on Wall Street.
Stocks were slightly higher in early trading Monday as investors geared up for the busiest week for earnings so far this season.
The S&P 500 was up 0.2% as of 10 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.2% as well and the Nasdaq rose 0.1%.
It will be a deluge of earnings for investors this week. Of the 500 members of the S&P 500 index, 181 will report this week. Ten of the 30 members of the Dow will also release their results.
The stakes are high for investors. With millions of vaccines going out daily and trillions of dollars worth of government-led economic support being paid out, investors have turned much of their attention to how well the global economy — and corporate profits — will do in the recovery. Corporate profits in the S&P 500 are expected to be up 24% from this time a year ago, according to FactSet.
About a quarter of S&P 500 companies have reported quarterly results so far this earnings season. Of these, 84% have delivered earnings that topped Wall Street’s estimates, according to FactSet.
Of the companies to report this week, investors will get results from Apple, Microsoft, Boeing, McDonald’s and others. Electric car maker Tesla will report its results after Monday’s closing bell.
The bond market remained relatively stable. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 1.57% from 1.56% Friday. Bond yields have remained in this narrow range for the past several days, which is a respite for investors after dealing with higher volatility in the bond market earlier this year.
