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The S&P 500 closed down 2% for the week on Friday, despite a last minute rebound on the week’s final trading day. That positive momentum is continuing into Monday, however, and this morning the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO) opened 0.6% higher.
There’s no major news this morning, but Tuesday should see the now-reopened U.S. federal government deliver retail sales and producer price index data for October. The stock market will then close Thursday, and close early on Black Friday, at 1 p.m.
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The S&P 500 closed down 2% last week but is rising ahead of an abbreviated trading week Monday.
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Markets will close for business Thursday, and close early on Black Friday.
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No one — literally no one — is reporting earnings this morning.
S&P 500 component stock Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A) is expected to report its fiscal Q4 profits this evening however, and analysts predict it will earn $1.58 per share. The stock opened half a percentage point higher this morning.
China’s Alibaba (Nasdaq: BABA) is expected to report fiscal Q2 numbers on Tuesday morning.
Also reporting tomorrow will be S&P 500 component companies Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), Analog Devices (Nasdaq: ADI) , and Autodesk (Nasdaq: ADSK) .
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