7 Stocks you need to know for Monday

The Dow finished ahead by 119.23. The Nasdaq Composite closed up 42.08. And the S&P 500 ended the day higher by 14.31.

Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Monday.

Honda Motor Company Ltd. (HMC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) is expected to report an EPS loss of 1.15 Monday morning before the market opens.

EPS of 32 cents is what analysts are expecting to hear from Qualcomm (QCOM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) when it reports quarterly earnings before the bell on Monday.

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Better than expected news from Ford Motor Company (F | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and the notion that the company will take market share from rivals General Motors (GM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and Chrysler helped send the stock higher by more than 16% late in trading on Friday.

Per share earnings of 1.03 is what Sohu.com (SOHU | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) is expected to report Monday morning before the open.

Also reporting quarterly earnings Monday morning before the market opens is Verizon Communications (VZ | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating). Analysts are expecting to hear EPS of 59 cents when the company reports.

Shares of Microsoft (MSFT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) soared by more than 10% intraday as traders cheered earnings news that was not as bad as analysts had feared.