Mondelez’s third-quarter adjusted earnings of 50 cents per share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 39 cents by 28%. Adjusted earnings increased 25% from the prior-year quarter driven by higher margins, improved organic growth, lower interest expenses and share count.

Kellogg Company reported better-than-expected earnings and profits in the third quarter of 2014. However, sales continued to decline as cereal sales in developed markets remained challenging.

December E-mini S&Ps this morning are up +0.04% and European stocks are up +0.63% on signs that China is expanding stimulus to promote economic growth after a government official familiar with the matter said the PBOC is injecting 500 billion yuan into China's five biggest banks.

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Across our 1,800 stock universe, utilities remains the best scoring sector. Idustrial goods also score above the average universe score this week. Also in today's report is a chart breaking out historical monthly returns for utilities over the past decade.

The average large cap score pops to 59.86 this week, moving it above the four week moving average score of 58.23. The average large cap is trading -10.5% below its 52 week high, 2.78% above its 200 dma, has 4.09 days to cover held short, and is expected to post EPS growth of 13.96% next year.