Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the open on Monday, as financial stocks led markets higher, after strong earnings from Citigroup bolstered investor sentiment.
During early U.S. trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.49%; the S&P 500 index gained 0.32%, while the Nasdaq Composite index was up 0.09%.
Citigroup, the third-largest bank in the U.S., saw its shares jump 3.54% after reporting better-than-expected third quarter earnings. The bank said third quarter net income soared to USD 2.17 billion, compared to USD 101 million in the third quarter of the preceding year.
Elsewhere in the financial sector, shares in JP Morgan Chase gained 1.89%, Goldman Sachs climbed 1.31% and Bank of America stocks rose 0.67%.
Meanwhile, shares in Hasbro, the second-largest U.S. toymaker, soared 4.92%, after it reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit. The company said third quarter net income rose to USD 155.2 million, citing “cost controls and strong demand for its preschool toys”.
But Halliburton saw its shares tumble 5.08%, after the world’s second-largest provider of oil and gas field services said that while third quarter earnings were higher-than-expected, revenue rose less-than-expected.
Apple and International Business Machines were to release third quarter earnings reports after the closing bell.
Across the Atlantic, European stock markets were up: France’s CAC 40 rose 0.26%; Germany's DAX gained 0.52%; Britain's FTSE 100 increased 0.72%; and the EURO STOXX 50 was up 0.42%.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that industrial production in the U.S. fell unexpectedly in September, while the capacity utilization rate remained unchanged, broadly in line with expectations. Meanwhile a separate report showed that U.S. Treasury International Capital purchases rose unexpectedly in August.
During early U.S. trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.49%; the S&P 500 index gained 0.32%, while the Nasdaq Composite index was up 0.09%.
Citigroup, the third-largest bank in the U.S., saw its shares jump 3.54% after reporting better-than-expected third quarter earnings. The bank said third quarter net income soared to USD 2.17 billion, compared to USD 101 million in the third quarter of the preceding year.
Elsewhere in the financial sector, shares in JP Morgan Chase gained 1.89%, Goldman Sachs climbed 1.31% and Bank of America stocks rose 0.67%.
Meanwhile, shares in Hasbro, the second-largest U.S. toymaker, soared 4.92%, after it reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit. The company said third quarter net income rose to USD 155.2 million, citing “cost controls and strong demand for its preschool toys”.
But Halliburton saw its shares tumble 5.08%, after the world’s second-largest provider of oil and gas field services said that while third quarter earnings were higher-than-expected, revenue rose less-than-expected.
Apple and International Business Machines were to release third quarter earnings reports after the closing bell.
Across the Atlantic, European stock markets were up: France’s CAC 40 rose 0.26%; Germany's DAX gained 0.52%; Britain's FTSE 100 increased 0.72%; and the EURO STOXX 50 was up 0.42%.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that industrial production in the U.S. fell unexpectedly in September, while the capacity utilization rate remained unchanged, broadly in line with expectations. Meanwhile a separate report showed that U.S. Treasury International Capital purchases rose unexpectedly in August.