Daily markets morning round-up: E-mini S&P, gold, crude & Treasuries

Major U.S. benchmarks pared early losses yesterday to notch a solid session to which they extended gains overnight. The S&P traded to a high of 2737.50 and is being led by the banks after yesterday’s post-bell stress test results; pre-market the XLF is up nearly 1% and JP Morgan and Bank of America are both up more than 1.5%.