Earnings Report

U.S. Bancorp (USB) on Wednesday reported second-quarter earnings of $1.48 billion.

Bank of America says its profits more than doubled in the second quarter, helped by lower legal costs subsided and improvements in some of the bank's debt holdings.

Wells Fargo, the nation's biggest mortgage lender, says its second-quarter profit edged lower.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. says its second-quarter profit rose 4 percent from a year earlier, helped by lower legal expenses and growth in its consumer banking division.

IntercontinentalExchange Group Inc. (ICE) on Tuesday reported first-quarter earnings of $315 million.

Cigna became the latest health insurance provider to beat earnings expectations and raise its 2015 forecast when it announced Thursday that first-quarter earnings had edged up to $533 million.

Credit and debit card payment processor MasterCard said its profit rose 17 percent in the first quarter, as consumers across the globe spent more on their MasterCards.

Anthem's first-quarter earnings jumped 23 percent thanks in part to a spike in Medicaid enrollment and it became the latest health insurer to raise its forecast for the year after breezing past the Wall Street's expectations.

All times are Eastern.

Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. on Wednesday reported first-quarter profit of $393 million.

Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) on Tuesday reported first-quarter profit of $382 million.

The Blackstone Group L.P.

Citigroup said its first-quarter net income rose 21 percent as the company continued to slim down its operations and control expenses.

American Express on Thursday said its first-quarter net income rose to $1.51 billion, but the results were held back by a stronger U.S. dollar.

Bank of America returned to profitability in the first quarter, but the results came in short of some analysts' estimates.

The solid performances were expected given economic turbulence abroad and expectations that historically low interest rates might be moving higher soon.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Abercrombie & Fitch Co., down $3.72 to $20.27 The teen clothing retailer reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit, but its revenue fell short of forecasts.

Royal Bank of Scotland CEO Ross McEwan says he won't accept a 1 million pound ($1.6 million) share award amid continuing losses at the taxpayer-owned bank.

U.S. banks' earnings dropped 7.3 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier as a few big banks incurred increased costs to settle legal cases and the industry had declines in income from the mortgage business.

Humana Inc. (HUM) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $145 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.