Stock Market Update

[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (-0.5%), Nasdaq Composite (-0.9%), and DJIA (-0.3%) are still well beneath their baselines, though they have steadily improved from their opening losses. 

The financials sector (+0.4%) enters positive territory after a sizable batch of prominent companies reported earnings this morning. 

Wells Fargo (WFC 82.48, +3.56, +4.52%) is one of the best-performing names in the S&P 500, jockeying with Domino's Pizza (DPZ 426.79, +18.53, +4.54%) (which also beat earnings expectations) for position at the top of the standings. 

BlackRock (BLK 1177.22, +22.10, +1.91%) also holds a nice gain after beating EPS and revenue expectations.

Meanwhile, JPMorgan Chase (JPM 301.62, -6.35, -2.06%) still trades lower as the company reported a more modest EPS beat than usual and increased loan-loss provisioning.