A late-day rally lifted the S&P 500 into positive territory moments ahead of the close, but the index finished with fractional losses to close lower for a fifth straight session. The index rallied from session lows to session highs in the final 90 minutes of trading on a somewhat mysterious move before slipping back below the flat line ahead of the close. Selling also dropped the Dow and Nasdaq 0.4% and 0.5% respectively.
Today after the close the following companies reported earnings: DRWI, MAR, SVU, TXI
Futures are mixed after hours: S&P 500 futures are +0.74 from fair value of 1336.36 and Nasdaq100 futures are -0.67 from fair value of 2565.17.
Tomorrow morning before the open, two economic reports are scheduled to be released: 1) Initial Claims (Consensus 375k) and Continuing Claims (Consensus 3300k), and 2) Export Prices ex-ag and Import Prices ex-oil.
Tomorrow before the open look for the following companies to report: CBSH, FAST, HLSS, INFY, PGR






