TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Monday

Stocks in general edged higher on options expiration Friday. Overbought conditions will greet traders when the markets open on Monday.

The Dow closed higher by 5.90. The Nasdaq Composite added 2.63. And the S&P 500 gained 4.30

Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Monday.

Gains from its energy and industrial divisions helped General Electric
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overcome steep losses in real estate to beat analyst earnings expectations on Friday.

Also beating estimates on Friday was Citigroup
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. Both trading profits and changes in accounting rules were credited for the earnings out performance.

Bank of America
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is expected to report quarterly earnings of five cents per share Monday morning before the market opens.

99 cents is what analysts are expecting from Eli Lilly and Company
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when the pharmaceutical company reports quarterly earnings Monday morning before the bell.

Halliburton
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is expected to announce EPS of 0.44 Monday morning before the open.

Among the companies reporting earnings after the market closes on Monday is Netflix
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, which is expected to announce per share earnings of 32 cents.

Amazon.com
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said on Friday that sales of its electronic book reader, Kindle, have greatly surpassed expectations.

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