The Nasdaq composite inched fractionally higher in Tuesday's session. The S&P 500 shed less than 0.1%. Small caps led the market, with the Russell 2000 index climbing nearly 0.7%. The Russell recouped about half of Monday's drop of nearly 1.6%.

US Stock Market indexes S&P 500, Dow Jones, Nasdaq will have an interesting week as there will be results from JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Netflix, Johnson & Johnson and 3M.

Stocks close deeper in record territory Thursday as investors focus on positives from corporate earnings and on the M&A front.