Earnings Report

General Electric Co. (GE) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $3.59 billion, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.

Merck is breezing past all expectations for the first quarter with global sales jumping 8 percent to almost $11 billion.

Keytruda has driven much of Merck's recent growth as it maintains its lead as an initial treatment for advanced lung cancer.

MasterCard Inc. (MA) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $1.86 billion.

Total revenue fell about 4 percent to $5 billion.

Shares of the Boston-based company, which swung to a profit from the year-earlier quarter, surged some 7 percent in premarket action.

ConocoPhillips (COP) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $1.83 billion.

Eli Lilly and Co. (LLY) on Monday reported first-quarter earnings of $4.24 billion.

Energy producer BP says first quarter earnings fell 9% amid lower oil prices.

Google has dominated the online ad market for years, but its first quarter earnings report suggests that competitors may be nipping at its heels.

U.S. stocks followed a record-setting week by edging slightly higher in early trading on Wall Street Monday.

Samsung Electronics Co. says its operating profit for the last quarter declined more than 60% from a year earlier because of falling chip prices and sluggish demands for its display panels.

Google parent Alphabet is reporting that it beat analyst earnings expectations with a first-quarter profit of $8.3 billion.