Today's calendar includes retailer news and jobless claims.
Companies including Gap and Costco will release March same-store sales early in the session. Family Dollar, Pier 1, and Rite Aid will also announce quarterly results before the opening bell.
Initial jobless claims, scheduled for 8:30 a.m. ET, are expected to decline slightly to 325,000 from 326,000 in the previous week. Export and import prices for March come out at the same time but aren't tracked by economists.
Weekly natural-gas inventories follow at 10:30 a.m. ET, which could affect trading in energy companies. NQ Mobile reports earnings after the closing bell.
Tomorrow brings quarterly results from financial heavyweights JP Morgan and Wells Fargo, along with industrial supplier Fastenal. Producer prices and consumer sentiment are also on the docket.
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