Today's session opened with initial uncertainty before the major averages staged a climb to their respective highs. Overseas, Standard & Poor's lowered Greece's long term credit rating to ‘Select Default' from ‘CCC.' Meanwhile, Germany's DAX closed at its highest level in nearly five years. Domestically, trade was confined to a narrow range, but late-day buying lifted the S&P 500 to a slim gain of 0.3%.
Today after the close the following companies are scheduled to report earnings: ALOG, FIZZ, CMTL, COO, ESL, FLOW, HWD, PANW, SWHC
Futures are higher after lower hours: S&P 500 futures are +0.20 from fair value of 1413.00 and Nasdaq100 futures are +0.40 from fair value of 2654.85.
Tomorrow morning before the open four economic reports are scheduled to be released: 1) Nonfarm Payrolls (Consensus 90k) and Nonfarm Private Payrolls (Consensus 120k), 2) Unemployment Rate (Consensus 8.0%), 3) Hourly Earnings (Consensus 0.1%) and 4) Average Workweek (Consensus 34.4).
Tomorrow before the open the following companies are scheduled to report earnings: KMG, BNS






