More Wall Street banks reported earnings this morning, following Friday morning’s kick-off with JPMorgan (JPM Quick QuoteJPM - Free Report)  and Wells Fargo (WFC Quick QuoteWFC - Free Report) : Citigroup (C Quick QuoteC - Free Report)  and Goldman Sachs (GS Quick QuoteGS - Free Report) , both Zacks Rank #4 (Sell)-rated companies ahead of their earnings releases, put up mixed numbers.

Citigroup topped earnings estimates — $1.87 per share versus the $1.78 in the Zacks consensus. Yet revenues of $18.576 billion were down 1% from expectations. Expenses in Q1 came down 3% year over year, while Fixed Income was up in the quarter. Credit costs also rose 7%, however.

Shares of Citigroup had been performing very well — up nearly 30% year to date. Shares are up marginally in today’s pre-market. For more on C’s earnings, click here.

Goldman Sachs also outperformed expectations on its bottom line: $5.71 per share as compared with $4.74, while revenues of $8.81 billion missed the Zacks consensus by 1.77%. Goldman shares are also up nicely year to date, more than 24%, but shares are trading down 2% in today’s early session. For more on GS’ earnings, click here.

After today’s close, we will see more finance companies announce earnings results, including Wintrust (WTFC Quick QuoteWTFC - Free Report) and Pinnacle (PNFP Quick QuotePNFP - Free Report) . Both companies currently carry a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).

A new Empire State Index for April has also hit the tape this morning, reporting up 10.1 following a March read of 3.7 that was the lowest in nearly two years. This index, which measures general business conditions in New York State, had been sub-10 for the prior three months until just squeaking over it for April.