The US markets are higher this afternoon, with the Dow up 0.75%, the S&P gaining 0.70% and the Nasdaq up 0.63% so far today. Some stocks showing significant gains today include Bank of America (BAC) higher by 1.5%, Citigroup up 4% and Micron Technology up 4.15%.
Good afternoon, this is Sayoko Murase with the Week Ahead Market Report for April 14, 2014.
In overseas trading, Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average was lower by 0.36% and the Hang Seng was up 0.15%. In Europe on Monday, the FTSE 100 was higher by 0.34% and the German DAX was up 0.26% today.
In economic news, CPI is released on Tuesday, Housing Starts and Building Permits on Wednesday, and Initial Claims on Thursday.
In earnings news this week, Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW) and The Coca-Cola Co (KO) announce Tuesday, Bank of America Corp (BAC) on Wednesday, and Goldman Sachs Group (GS) on Thursday.
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For MarketNewsVideo.com, I'm Sayoko Murase.