PRESS ROOM
Modest gains for US stocks following earnings announcements
Monday 21st October '19
US Stocks ended last week with modest gains after the third quarter earnings season got off to a strong start. Among 13% of the companies that have reported on the S&P 500 Index, 83% of the companies have beat earnings by an average of 4% and 52% have beat on sales. The S&P 500 Index posted gains within 0.65% of its record high on Thursday 17 Oct.