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Earnings live: BlackRock, Morgan Stanley stocks rise on strong earnings
Grace O’Donnell· Editor, Special Projects
Updated Wed, July 15, 2026 at 7:33 PM GMT+5:30
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Second quarter earnings continued to roll in, with chipmaking equipment maker ASML Holding N.V. (ASML), Morgan Stanley (MS), and BlackRock (BLK) results lifting markets on Wednesday
A major theme among the bank earnings so far has been robust Wall Street trading activity. “It’s getting close to as good as it gets,” JPMorgan (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon said about current banking conditions after the country’s largest bank reported its biggest quarterly profit on record on Tuesday
The results showed a strong start to what’s expected to be a strong earnings season for the S&P 500 (^GSPC). According to FactSet data, analysts estimate the year-over-year S&P 500 earnings growth rate for the second quarter will be 23.3% — above the five-year average of 16.4% and the 10-year average of 10.3%
If that holds, it will mark the second consecutive earnings growth rate above 20% for the index and the seventh straight quarter of double-digit growth
Also reporting earnings this week: Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), United Airlines Holdings (UAL), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSM), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), GE Aerospace (GE), and Netflix (NFLX)
