Stock Market Update

[BRIEFING.COM] Market bulls are sitting in a command position today, energized by what some are calling the "Trump bump." However, economic and earnings growth optimism are also part of the trading mix thanks in large part to last week's pleasing economic data and earnings results out of the financial sector.

There won't be as much economic news of note this week as there was last week, but key reports await in the Initial Jobless Claims (Thursday), Existing Home Sales (Friday), and preliminary S&P Global US Manufacturing and Services PMI (Friday) reports.

The earnings news will be a recurring catalyst for weeks ahead as we get rolling with more steam this week with the Q4 earnings reports.

Featured reporters after today's close include Netflix (NFLX 869.75, +11.65, +1.4%), Capital One (COF 192.66, +1.69, +0.9%), Seagate Technology (STX 102.27, +4.60, +4.7%), and United Airlines (UAL 109.75, +2.37, +2.2%).