This week brings housing data, a European Central Bank meeting and plenty of earnings.
NAHB's homebuilder-sentiment index at 10 a.m. ET is today's only economic report. Forecasters anticipate a 62 reading, in line with the number in September.
Morgan Stanley, Halliburton, and Valeant Pharmaceuticals announce quarterly results before the opening bell, followed in the afternoon by International Business Machines and Rambus.
Tomorrow's lineup includes housing starts and building permits. United Technologies, Verizon Communications, Harley-Davidson, and Lockheed Martin report earnings in the pre-market. Yahoo, Intuitive Surgical, Discover Financial, and Chipotle Mexican Grill release after the closing bell.
Wednesday morning features mortgage applications and crude-oil inventories, along with results from General Motors, Boeing, Coca-Cola, and Biogen. American Express, Texas Instruments, eBay, SanDisk, and Lam Research are the big names in the post-market.
The ECB's meeting leads the agenda Thursday, but U.S. initial jobless claims, existing-home sales, and natural-gas inventories are also due. Caterpillar, 3M, McDonald's, Eli Lilly, Union Pacific, Under Armour, and Freeport-McMoRan issue results before the opening bell. Microsoft, Alphabet, AT&T, Amazon.com, Juniper Networks, and KLA-Tencor report in the afternoon.
The week concludes Friday with earnings from American Airlines, Procter & Gamble, and VF Corporation.
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