[BRIEFING.COM] The major indices continues to climb with about an hour left in the session. The S&P 500 trades 0.9% higher and the Nasdaq Composite trades 1.3% higher.
Some big banks are trading higher in front of their earnings report Friday morning. JPMorgan Chase (JPM 211.21, +0.28, +0.1%) and Wells Fargo (WFC 57.50, +0.34, +0.6%) are standouts in that respect.
The S&P 500 financial sector sports a 0.7% gain at this point in the session.