[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 trades 0.5% higher, or about 20 points.
Bank stocks are outperforming today as earnings from the space roll in. The SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE) trades 2.3% higher and the SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) shows a 2.6% increase.
The S&P 500 financial sector has been leading through the session, showing a 1.2% gain now.