St. Jude Medical Inc. posted a 7.8% rise in adjusted net earnings per share to 97 cents for the third quarter of 2014 from 90 cents in the year-ago quarter.

December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ14 -0.75%) this morning are down -0.20% and European stocks are down -0.87% on global economic concerns.

The highest scoring names in large cap from 1 year ago (2/26/2013) returned 263 bps more than the S&P 500. The best performers are GILD up 95%, PCLN up 94%, MYL up 83%, YHOO up 80%, TMO up 69%, and XEC up 69%.