Wall Street is seen starting higher as earnings season continues.
Big bank earns are still in play and Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) shares added over 1% to US$28.84 after its second quarter numbers beat on profit and revenue.
Profit came in 33% higher from last year at US$6.8bn, beating the US$5.92bn pencilled in by analysts.
The revenue was US$22.6bn, compared to the US$22.3bn estimate.
Management said it was the 14th straight quarter the firm posted positive operating leverage.
Sticking to the big financial kickers and asset management titan BlackRock Inc (NYSE:BLK) went the other way, and shares eased 1% to US$502.01.
Net income attributable to the company rose to US$1.07bn in the second quarter to end June, from US$854mln a year earlier.
Not including exceptionals, the group earned US$6.66 a share, where analysts had expected US$6.55.
The big surprise of the morning however, belonged to under pressure German banking giant Deutsche (ETR:DBK)
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It revealed that it had had a second quarter, which was much stronger than analysts had expected.
Deutsche, which has been losing money for years, said that pre-tax profit for the three months would reach €700 million ($820 million) -up 62% on the previous quarter.
Also in before the bell trade, aeronautics parts firm Arconic Inc (NYSE:ARNC) was up 0.46% to US$17.38 before the New York bell.
It comes amid speculation that the company could be taken over by private-equity group Apollo Global Management.