Market indexes petered out toward the end of today’s regular trading session and off intra-day highs, but all finished solidly in the green following a challenging pre-market scenario.

For the 389 S&P 500 members that have reported Q3 results, total earnings are up +14.6% from the same period last year on +8.3% higher revenues, with 83.5% beating EPS estimates and 75.6% beating revenue estimates.