Earnings from big names including Boeing and Facebook dominate today's calendar.
The only scheduled economic news is MBA's relatively unimportant mortgage-application report at 7 a.m. ET.
BA issues results before the opening bell, along with General Dynamics, Delta Air Lines, Dow Chemical, EMC, Whirlpool, and PepsiCo. FB follows in the afternoon, with AT&T, Qualcomm, Gilead Sciences, F5 Networks, CA, and Cirrus Logic.
Japanese trade numbers and HSBC/Markit's preliminary index of Chinese manufacturing will be released in the evening.
Tomorrow's calendar is packed with economic data, starting early with European manufacturing, U.S. jobless claims, the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index, new-home sales, and the Kansas City Federal Reserve's regional activity index.
Caterpillar, 3M, Ford, General Motors, Southwest Airlines, D.R. Horton, PulteGroup, and Eli Lilly are the main companies reporting quarterly results tomorrow morning. Amazon.com, Visa, Altera, KLA Tencor, Baidu, Starbucks, and Cerner follow in the afternoon.
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