Earnings Report

Bank of America reported a 9.8 percent rise in profit for the final quarter of the year, helped by lower expenses.

Wells Fargo & Co, the biggest U.S. residential mortgage lender and a major lender to the energy industry, reported a 0.8 percent fall in profit.

Citigroup, the No.3 U.S. bank by assets, reported a massive jump in quarterly profit as costs plunged from a year earlier.

H&R Block Inc. unveiled a $3.5 billion stock-buyback program after the tax-preparation company's deal to divest its bank business closed a month earlier than expected.

IntercontinentalExchange Group Inc. (ICE) on Wednesday reported second-quarter profit of $283 million.

Shares of Mallinckrodt slid 12 percent Tuesday after the Irish drugmaker reported disappointing quarterly revenue and said growth in sales of its HP Acthar Gel, the target of a $5.6 billion acquisition last year, may be lower than it expected.

Switzerland's central bank is reporting a hefty loss for the second consecutive quarter after its decision to drop a cap on the franc's value against the euro sent the national currency soaring higher.

MetLife Inc. posted an 11% increase in second-quarter operating profit despite weaker revenue, as low interest rates continue to pressure the results of the U.S. life-insurance industry.

MasterCard Inc. (MA) on Wednesday reported second-quarter net income of $921 million.

Humana Inc. (HUM) on Wednesday reported second-quarter earnings of $431 million.

Barclays, Britain's second largest bank, says second quarter profit increased sevenfold, boosted by earnings from investment banking and a 496 million pound ($774 million) gain on assets acquired from Lehman Brothers in 2008.

Blockbuster hepatitis C medicine Harvoni lifted Gilead Sciences' second-quarter profit by 23 percent as total revenue for the biotech drugmaker jumped 26 percent and it raised its 2015 sales forecast for the second time.

Visa Inc. says its fiscal third-quarter profit jumped 25 percent, helped by a double-digit rise in payments processed on its network.

Janus Capital reported higher second-quarter net income and revenue on Thursday, helped by an increase in fees for managing investments.

American Express booked adjusted earnings per share of $1.42, topping views by 10 cents. Revenue, however, came in at $8.28 billion, missing forecasts for $8.46 billion. Shares were slightly lower after hours.

American Express Co. (AXP) on Wednesday reported second-quarter profit of $1.44 billion.

Morgan Stanley says its second-quarter profit fell 9 percent despite better earnings at all three of its core businesses.

UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $1.59 billion.

Goldman Sachs says its second-quarter profit slumped by half on legal costs.

Citigroup says its profits rebounded in the second quarter, following large legal expenses in the same period a year earlier.