Furthermore, banks are expected to reveal a slowdown in their advising businesses as merger and acquisitions tapered off and bond and stock offerings slipped in the third quarter year-over-year.
Bank stocks and the benchmark KBW Nasdaq bank index have been roughly flat and underperformed the broader S&P 500 so far this year.
Investors will be closely watching the financial sector with J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and Citigroup (NYSE: C) reporting quarterly earnings on Friday.
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