EmailEquities began today's session on a slightly higher note after the Bank of Japan raised its asset purchase target in an attempt to inject additional liquidity into the market and to weaken the yen. Stocks were also boosted slightly by positive economic data which indicated an uptick in existing home sales as well as building permits. However, late day selling pushed the major averages off their best levels of the session as the S&P 500 settled higher by 0.1%.
Today after the close the following companies reported earnings: AIR, ADBE, APOG, BBBY, CLC, MLHR, SCS
Futures are lower after hours: S&P 500 futures are -1.84 from fair value of 1454.34 and Nasdaq100 futures are -7.84 from fair value of 2857.48.
Tomorrow morning before the open one economic report is scheduled to be released: 1) Initial Claims (Consensus 375k) and Continuing Claims (Consensus 3,293k).
Tomorrow before the open the following companies are scheduled to report earnings: KMX, CAG, IHS, JEF, MCS, RAD, SCHL
