Stocks ended the week with a big rally after well-received earnings, especially from Google, Citigroup and Caterpillar.
The Dow rose +228.87, the Nasdaq Composite +61.14 and the S&P 500 +24.77.
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Shares of Google (GOOG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) soared 20%, leading a broad-based market rally, after the Internet bellwether beat estimates by $0.32.
Citigroup (C | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) reported a $5.1 billion net loss, missing estimates by $0.07, after the banking giant was forced to write-down a further $13.9 billion.
Caterpillar (CAT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) beat estimates by $0.12 and reaffirmed its full year 2008 earnings guidance of 5% to 10% revenue growth.
Before the market open on Monday, pharmaceutical giants Merck and Eli Lilly are scheduled to report earnings...
The consensus estimate for Merck (MRK | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) is $0.86, and the number for Eli Lilly (LLY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) is $0.96 per share.
Haliburton (HAL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) is also set to report, look for earnings of $0.64.
And finally, Bank of America (BAC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) is expected to report earnings of $0.41 per share.
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