New York, Feb 8^th (TradersHuddle.com) - Shares of XL Capital Ltd (NYSE:XL) are trading higher by +2.07% ahead of its quarterly earnings release. XL Capital, is expected to release its quarterly results on February 9^th.

Wall Street Analysts consensus calls for a profit of $0.7 a share on $1.16 billion revenue.

XL Capital estimates have a range of $0.16 a share. The high estimate calls for profit of $0.76 a share and the low estimate is calling for a of $0.6 a share, a year ago for the quarter the company reported $0.58 a share.