Earnings Winners & Losers: ISHG Beats Forecasts; JNJ Ortho Sales Still Soft; ABT; DNH

Earnings season kicked off last week with Johnson & Johnson, Abbott, Danaher and Intuitive Surgical being among the first wave of second-quarter and first-half results to be released. Abbott, J&J and Danaher experienced steady growth, but robotic surgery leader Intuitive announced some particularly nice numbers, beating analyst expectations.