Solid gains for major indices to start the trading week.

<p>The major US stock indices are closing the day with solid gains to start the trading week. </p><p>The earnings calendar kicked off last week with some of the major banks including Citibank, J.P. Morgan, and Wells Fargo. This week there is a mix of financials and tech, industrials, big-cap companies including:</p><ul><li>Tuesday: Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Johnson &amp; Johnson, Ericsson, United Airlines, JB Hunt</li><li>Wednesday: P&amp;G, Morgan Stanley, Tesla, Netflix</li><li>Thursday: Philip Morris, AT&amp;T, American Airlines, TSMC, Nokia, Intuitive Surgical, CSX</li><li>Friday: American Express</li></ul><p>For today, the numbers are showing:</p><ul><li>Dow industrial average up 314.25 points or 0.93% at 33984.55</li><li>S&amp;P index of 45.83 points or 1.06% at 4373.62</li><li>NASDAQ index up 160.74 points or 1.20% at 13567.97</li></ul><p>The small-cap Russell 2000 beat all those indices with a gain of 1.59%.</p><p>Some of the outperformance today included:</p><ul><li>Nvidia, +1.36%</li><li>Intel +1.63%</li><li>Microsoft +1.5%</li><li>Meta +2.06%</li><li>Netflix +1.44%</li><li>Amazon +2.07%</li><li>Home Depot +1.84%</li><li>Broadcom, +2.14%</li><li>Salesforce +1.92%</li><li>Goldman Sachs (ahead of earnings) 1.63%</li><li>Travelers +2.06%</li><li>Disney +1.61%</li><li>United Airlines (will announce earnings this week) +2.12%</li><li>Shopify +3.38%</li></ul>

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.