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Q2 Earnings Step Up, Markets Look to Break Losing Streak
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Key Takeaways
Stock Market Indexes Hope to Snap Recent Losses Today
Few Econ Reports Scheduled, but Q2 Earnings Pick Up Pace
Domino's Mixed on Q2, but Shares Up
Monday, July 20th, 2026
We take a break this week from major economic prints, focusing instead on Q2 earnings season, which shifts to a faster gear this week. Major indexes, off more losses on Friday — between -0.77% (Dow) and -1.4% (Nasdaq) — are all down month to date thus far, with the Dow looking to break a three-week losing streak.
Presently, the Dow is up +80 points, with the S&P 500 +32 and the tech-strong Nasdaq +270. The small-cap Russell 2000 is +6 points at this hour. Spot oil prices are up into the $80s per barrel on the continued conflict in and around Iran, although the Islamic nation did bring up the possibility of a peace deal being reached with the U.S. again this morning. Bond yields are at +4.57% on the 10-year and +4.20% on the 2-year.
Domino’s Mixed in Q2, Shares Up in Pre-Market
Quick-service restaurant (QSR) giant Domino’s Pizza (DPZ - Free Report) reported mixed Q2 results this morning. Earnings of $4.07 per share came in 4 cents shy of the Zacks consensus, while revenues of $1.19 billion in the quarter improved over the $1.17 billion anticipated. It’s the third-straight earnings miss for Domino’s, but shares are up +6% at this hour in pre-market trading.
Beneath the headlines, Domino’s numbers look a little nicer: while same-store sales grew only +0.1%, below expectations, supply chain revenues grew +6.5%, indicating renewing growth. Another 209 stores were opened over the past quarter, 26 in the U.S. Importantly, Domino’s shares have sold off -22% year to date, so some investors see a bargain at these levels.
Leading Economic Indicators After Today’s Open
The June print on U.S. Leading Economic Indicators (LEI) is expected to tick down for the first time in three months after today’s open, to 0.0% from +0.1% reported for May. These gains were entirely from improvements in the Finance sector, between stock market gains and high interest rates. Nevertheless, we appear to be clear of the trough LEI numbers were wallowing in a year ago: between May and November 2025, U.S. LEI clocked -1.3% negative growth.
Q2 Earnings Outlook This Week: Here Come the Heavy Hitters
We don’t get Q2 earnings figures for most of the “Mag 7” stocks this week, but we get a taste: AlphabetGOOGL and Tesla (TSLA - Free Report) report Wednesday after the closing bell, the former of which carries a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) into the trading week. (Tesla is a Zacks Rank #3 [Hold].) IBM (IBM - Free Report) , also a Zacks Rank #3, also reports that afternoon.
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Q2 Earnings Step Up, Markets Look to Break Losing Streak
Key Takeaways
Monday, July 20th, 2026
We take a break this week from major economic prints, focusing instead on Q2 earnings season, which shifts to a faster gear this week. Major indexes, off more losses on Friday — between -0.77% (Dow) and -1.4% (Nasdaq) — are all down month to date thus far, with the Dow looking to break a three-week losing streak.
Presently, the Dow is up +80 points, with the S&P 500 +32 and the tech-strong Nasdaq +270. The small-cap Russell 2000 is +6 points at this hour. Spot oil prices are up into the $80s per barrel on the continued conflict in and around Iran, although the Islamic nation did bring up the possibility of a peace deal being reached with the U.S. again this morning. Bond yields are at +4.57% on the 10-year and +4.20% on the 2-year.
Domino’s Mixed in Q2, Shares Up in Pre-Market
Quick-service restaurant (QSR) giant Domino’s Pizza (DPZ - Free Report) reported mixed Q2 results this morning. Earnings of $4.07 per share came in 4 cents shy of the Zacks consensus, while revenues of $1.19 billion in the quarter improved over the $1.17 billion anticipated. It’s the third-straight earnings miss for Domino’s, but shares are up +6% at this hour in pre-market trading.
Beneath the headlines, Domino’s numbers look a little nicer: while same-store sales grew only +0.1%, below expectations, supply chain revenues grew +6.5%, indicating renewing growth. Another 209 stores were opened over the past quarter, 26 in the U.S. Importantly, Domino’s shares have sold off -22% year to date, so some investors see a bargain at these levels.
Leading Economic Indicators After Today’s Open
The June print on U.S. Leading Economic Indicators (LEI) is expected to tick down for the first time in three months after today’s open, to 0.0% from +0.1% reported for May. These gains were entirely from improvements in the Finance sector, between stock market gains and high interest rates. Nevertheless, we appear to be clear of the trough LEI numbers were wallowing in a year ago: between May and November 2025, U.S. LEI clocked -1.3% negative growth.
Q2 Earnings Outlook This Week: Here Come the Heavy Hitters
We don’t get Q2 earnings figures for most of the “Mag 7” stocks this week, but we get a taste: Alphabet GOOGL and Tesla (TSLA - Free Report) report Wednesday after the closing bell, the former of which carries a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) into the trading week. (Tesla is a Zacks Rank #3 [Hold].) IBM (IBM - Free Report) , also a Zacks Rank #3, also reports that afternoon.
Tuesday morning brings us results from General Motors (GM - Free Report) and 3M (MMM - Free Report) , among others. Thursday presents defense giant Lockheed Martin (LMT - Free Report) and Intel (INTC - Free Report) , while Friday has American Express (AXP - Free Report) and NextEra (NEE - Free Report) . Meta Platforms META, Microsoft (MSFT - Free Report) , Apple (AAPL - Free Report) and Amazon (AMZN - Free Report) report earnings next week.
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