Polish equity market continued to decline on Monday. The broad market measure, the WIG index, lost 1.26%. From a sector perspective, utilities and banks fared the worst, dropping 2.94% and 2.87% respectively. The best-performing group was oil and gas sector, gaining 2%.

The large-cap stocks' measure, the WIG30 Index, declined by 1.51%, dragged down by weak performers of utilities name PGE (WSE: PGE) as well as a number of banking sector stocks, namely PEKAO (WSE: PEO), PKO BP (WSE: PKO), MBANK (WSE: MBK) and BZ WBK (WSE: BZW), which produced losses between 2.57% and 4.27%. On the other side of the ledger, oil and gas name PKN ORLEN (WSE: PKN) recorded the strongest daily performance, soaring by 3.57% on improved analyst outlooks for the company. KERNEL (WSE: KER) emerged as the second best-performing stock in the WIG30, adding 2.81% on reported good operational update. In addition, LOTOS (WSE: LTS) boosted by 1.75%, catching up with its oil and gas sector peers.

Major Wall Street stock-indexes slightly higher on Monday, with the Nasdaq composite hitting a record for the third straight day, as better-than-expected earnings from big companies boosted investor confidence. On Friday, strong earnings from Google (GOOGL) pushed the tech-heavy Nasdaq to a record close, which gained 4.3% for the week, its largest weekly gain since October while the S&P 500 stopped just short of its record high. Tech earnings will continue to be in focus this week with IBM (IBM) reporting after the close on Monday and other big tech giants such as Apple (AAPL), Yahoo (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) expected to report later this week.

Dow stocks mixed (15 vs 15). Top looser - UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH, -1.22%). Top gainer - Visa Inc. (V, +2.24).

Most of S&P index sectors in negative area. Top looser - Basic Materials (-1.0%). Top gainer - Consumer goods (+0.4%).

At the moment:

Dow 18018.00 +21.00 +0.12%

S&P 500 2120.75 +2.00 +0.09%

Nasdaq 100 4666.50 +16.50 +0.35%

10 Year yield 2,37% +0,02

Oil 50.90 -0.31 -0.61%

Gold 1105.20 -26.70 -2.36%

U.S. stock-index futures were little changed as Lockheed Martin (LMT), Morgan Stanley (MS) and Halliburton (HAL) beat analysts' estimates.

Nikkei 20,650.92 +50.80 +0.25%

Hang Seng 25,404.81 -10.46 -0.04%

Shanghai Composite 3,993.44 +36.09 +0.91%

FTSE 6,789.34 +14.26 +0.21%

CAC 5,162.41 +38.02 +0.74%

DAX 11,791.7 +118.28 +1.01%

Crude oil $50.74 (-0.29%)

Gold $1110.10 (-1.91%)

(company / ticker / price / change, % / volume)

July 20

After the Close:

IBM. Consensus EPS $3.79, Consensus Revenue $20939.23 mln.

July 21

Before the Open:

Verizon (VZ). Consensus EPS $1.00, Consensus Revenue $32468.53 mln.

United Tech (UTX). Consensus EPS $1.72, Consensus Revenue $16517.20 mln.

Travelers (TRV). Consensus EPS $2.12, Consensus Revenue $6016.03 mln.

After the Close:

Apple (AAPL). Consensus EPS $1.80, Consensus Revenue $49339.63 mln.

Microsoft (MSFT). Consensus EPS $0.57, Consensus Revenue $22065.70 mln.

Yahoo! (YHOO). Consensus EPS $0.19, Consensus Revenue $1031.46 mln.

July 22

Before the Open:

Boeing (BA). Consensus EPS $1.92, Consensus Revenue $24253.84 mln.

Coca-Cola (KO). Consensus EPS $0.60, Consensus Revenue $12089.15 mln.

After the Close:

American Express (AXP). Consensus EPS $1.33, Consensus Revenue $8416.26 mln.

July 23

Before the Open:

General Motors (GM). Consensus EPS $1.09, Consensus Revenue $37976.91 mln.

Caterpillar (CAT). Consensus EPS $1.27, Consensus Revenue $12684.99 mln.

3M (MMM). Consensus EPS $1.99, Consensus Revenue $7828.89 mln.

McDonald's (MCD). Consensus EPS $1.24, Consensus Revenue $6447.54 mln.

After the Close:

AT&T (T)). Consensus EPS $0.63, Consensus Revenue $33044.43 mln.

Amazon (AMZN). Consensus EPS $-0.16, Consensus Revenue $22381.57 mln.

Starbucks (SBUX). Consensus EPS $0.41, Consensus Revenue $4866.96 mln.

Visa (V). Consensus EPS $0.58, Consensus Revenue $3362.16 mln.

U.S. stock indices mostly advanced on Friday as investors moved their eyes from Greece, which got a bailout agreement, to quarterly profits reports.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 33.80 points, or 0.2%, to 18,086.45 but still hammered out a 1.8% weekly gain. The S&P 500 added 2.35 points, or 0.1%, to 2,126.64, settling 4 points below its all-time closing high with a weekly gain of 2.4% after three weeks of declines. Nine out of ten components of the index fell with energy companies leading declines amid lower oil prices. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 44.96 points, or 0.9%, to close at 5,210.14, securing a 4.25% weekly rise.

Google shares jumped 16% to a record close, after the company's quarterly earnings beat analysts' expectations.

In Asia this morning Hong Kong Hang Seng declined 0.24%, or 60.98 points, to 25,354.29. China Shanghai Composite Index climbed 0.04%, or 1.55 point, to 3,958.91. Analysts from Goldlark Investment Consultation believe that investors shouldn't be optimistic about Chinese stocks now as gains are unstable and they are followed by retreats. Japanese stock markets are on holiday.

Asian stock indices traded mixed. Investors put Greece's drama aside and focused on Chinese economy and prospects of Fed rates.

(index / closing price / change items /% change)

Nikkei 225 20,650.92 +50.80 +0.25 %

Hang Seng 25,415.27 +252.49 +1.00 %

Shanghai Composite 3,957.35 +134.18 +3.51 %

FTSE 100 6,775.08 -21.37 -0.31 %

CAC 40 5,124.39 +2.89 +0.06 %

Xetra DAX 11,673.42 -43.34 -0.37 %

S&P 500 2,126.64 +2.35 +0.11 %

NASDAQ Composite 5,210.14 +46.96 +0.91 %

Dow Jones 18,086.45 -33.80 -0.19 %