The post Wall Street opens higher as banks kick off earnings appeared first on NASDAQ. Related posts: Stocks Hold Near Lows as Apple Leads Tech Laggards BRIEF-Kemper appoints James Mckinney as chief financial officer Alcoa stock slammed by earnings ‘disaster’ as season gets off on the back foot BRIEF-Radisys Corp enters into first amendment to credit agreement Post navigation US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St opens higher as banks kick off earnings The dollar strengthened against other major currencies, supported by strong data on producer prices, which offset the negative impact of the retail sales report. Currently EUR / USD traded at $ 1.0623. Strong support – $ 1.0545 (MA 200 H1)