[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 is trading up 0.1%, led by the financial sector (+0.8%).
JPMorgan Chase (JPM 208.05, +2.88, +1.4%), Wells Fargo (WFC 59.89, +0.88, +1.5%), and Citigroup (C 66.43, +1.69, +2.6%) are among the top performing names in the financial sector in front of their earnings reports on Friday.
The SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE) is up 1.3% and the SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) is 1.3% higher.