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MORE WINNING! Nasdaq breaks above 6,000 for the first time on strong earnings; Dow jumps 200 points.

MORE WINNING! Nasdaq breaks above 6,000 for the first time on strong earnings; Dow jumps 200 points https://t.co/JjHwcoXnJw— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) April 25, 2017

Here are some of the firms that posted quarterly results before the bell:

Caterpillar: posted EPS of $1.28 and sales of $9.822 billion, versus expected EPS of 62 cents and $9.271 billion revenue forecast.

McDonald's: posted EPS of $1.47 and revenue of $5.68 billion, versus expected EPS of $1.33 and sales of $5.53 billion.

3M: posted EPS of $2.16 and revenue of $7.685 billion, versus expected EPS of $2.06 and sales of $7.472 billion. DuPont: posted EPS of $1.64 and sales of $7.743 billion, versus expected EPS of $1.39 and revenue of $7.504 billion.

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MORE WINNING! Spring housing: 'Strongest seller's market ever'

MORE WINNING! Spring housing: 'Strongest seller's market ever' https://t.co/ajvmHlk35h— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) April 25, 2017

"I've been selling real estate for 25 years and this is the strongest seller's market I have ever seen in my entire real estate career," said David Fogg, a real estate agent with Keller Williams in Burbank, California. "A lot of our sellers are optimistically pricing their homes in today's market, and I have to say in most cases we're getting the home sold anyway."