• JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) posted fiscal fourth quarter earnings of $1.12, above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.97, on revenues of $26 billion,  above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $24.892 billion

• Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) shares slid 1.5% after Citigroup (NYSE:C) removed the shares from its Top Picks List

• Alcoa (NYSE:AA) slid 3% as metals priced lower, the result of cutbacks to China growth expectations

• Merck's (NYSE:MRK) 6.6% tumble, following news that its anti-clotting drug, vorapaxar, had been halted for patients with histories of prior strokes