MORNING CALL 3/13

Barchart Morning Call

Barchart.com - 1 hour ago

OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS

Jun E-mini S&Ps (ESM17 -0.03%) this morning are down -0.08% and European stocks are down -0.09% as weakness in crude oil prices undercuts energy producing stocks. Apr WTI crude oil (CLJ17 -0.39%) is down -0.80% at a fresh 3-1/2 month low on negative carryover from Friday's data from Baker Hughes that showed U.S. active oil rigs rose to a 17-1/2 month high, offsetting efforts by OPEC to reduce a global oil output. German bunds erased losses and moved higher and EUR/USD retreated from a 1-month high after the Belgian Central Bank Governor said the ECB's latest policy statement policy "does not in itself signal a coming change in the monetary policy stance." Asian stocks settled mostly higher: Japan +0.15%, Hong Kong +1.11%, China +0.76%, Taiwan +0.72%, Australia -0.32%, Singapore +0.44%, South Korea +1.15%, India closed for holiday. China's Shanghai Composite recovered from a 1-month ow and moved higher on signs of reduced U.S.-China trade tensions after Steve Schwarzman, one of the Trump administration's top economic advisors said in a CNN interview that President Trump will likely moderate his criticisms of China, including his campaign claim that the country manipulates its currency.

The dollar index (DXY00 +0.01%) is unchanged. EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is down -0.02%. USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is down -0.20%.

Jun 10-year T-note prices (ZNM17 +0.08%) are up +4 ticks.

Belgian Central Bank Governor Smelts said in a WSJ interview that the ECB's policy statement last Thursday "does not in itself signal a coming change in the monetary policy stance."

U.S. STOCK PREVIEW

Key U.S. news today includes: (1) USDA weekly grain export inspections.

Notable Russell 1000 earnings reports today include: Extraction Oil & Gas (consensus -$0.17), AquaBounty Technology.

U.S. IPO's scheduled to price today: none.

Equity conferences: JP Morgan Aviation, Transportation & Industrials Conference on Mon-Wed, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Consumer and Retail Tech Conference on Tue-Wed, Barclays Emerging Payments Forum on Tue-Wed, Barclays Global Health Care Conference on Tue-Thu, Gabelli & Co. Waste & Environmental Services Symposium on Thu, American College of Cardiology Meeting on Fri.

OVERNIGHT U.S. STOCK MOVERS

American International Group (AIG -0.21%) was downgraded to 'Sell' from 'Hold' at Deutsche Bank with a price target of $57.

Mobileye (MBLY +0.83%) surged 30% in pre-market trading after Intel was said to agree to buy the company for $63.54 a share or $15 billion.

Boeing (BA -1.04%) was downgraded to 'Equal-Weight' from 'Overweight' at Morgan Stanley.

Marvell Technology Group Ltd (MRVL +3.54%) was upgraded to 'Buy' from 'Hold' at Needham.

Gamestop (GME +0.72%) was downgraded to 'Market Perform' from 'Outperform' at Telsey Advisory Group.

Finisar (FNSR -22.69%) was upgraded to 'Strong Buy' from 'Outperform' at Raymond James with a 12-month target price of $40.

Rockwell Collins (COL +0.20%) was upgraded to 'Overweight' from 'Equal-Weight' at Morgan Stanley with a price target of $121.

Incyte (INCY +8.13%) filed a 34 million-share shelf on behalf of holder Baker Brothers Advisors.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE -4.30%) may move to the upside this morning when it was announced after the close Friday that it will be added to the S&P 500 before the open on Monday, March 20.

Raymond James Financial (RJF +0.10%) may move to the upside this morning when it was announced after the close Friday that it will be added to the S&P 500 before the open on Monday, March 20.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD +4.35%) gained over 1% in after-hours trading when it was announced that it will be added to the S&P 500 before the open on Monday, March 20.

First Solar (FSLR -0.25%) fell over 1% in after-hours trading when it was announced that it will be removed from the S&P 500 and put into the S&P MidCap 400 before the open on Monday, March 20.

Kronos Worldwide (KRO -0.21%) jumped 9% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 EPS of 20 cents, well above consensus of 6 cents.

MARKET COMMENTS

Jun E-mini S&Ps (ESM17 -0.03%) this morning are down -2.00 points (-0.08%). Friday's closes: S&P 500 +0.33%, Dow Jones +0.21%, Nasdaq +0.41%. The S&P 500 on Friday closed higher on the +235,000 increase in U.S. Feb non-farm payrolls, stronger than expectations of +200,000 and the mildly higher close in June T-note prices. Stock prices were undercut by a continued decline in energy producers as the price of crude oil fell by another -1.60% to a 3-1/2 month low.

Jun 10-year T-notes (ZNM17 +0.08%) this morning are up +4 ticks. Friday's closes: TYM7 +6.00, FVM7 +3.25. Jun 10-year T-notes on Friday recovered from a 2-1/2 month low and closed higher on some relief after the U.S. Feb average hourly earnings report rose by only +0.2% m/m, slightly weaker than expectations of +0.3% m/m. T-notes were also supported by the slump in crude oil prices to a 3-1/2 month low, which reduced inflation expectations. T-notes initially dropped to a 2-1/2 month low after U.S. Feb non-farm payrolls rose +235,000, stronger than expectations of +200,000.

The dollar index (DXY00 +0.01%) this morning is unchanged. EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is down -0.0002 (-0.02%). USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is -0.23 (-0.20%). Friday's closes: Dollar index -0.60 (-0.59%), EUR/USD +0.0096 (+0.91%), USD/JPY -0.16 (-0.14%). The dollar index on Friday closed lower on strength in EUR/USD which rallied to a 3-week high after a report that the ECB at Thursday's policy meeting discussed whether interest rates could rise before their bond-buying program comes to an end. The dollar was also undercut by slightly lower T-note yields, which undercut the dollar's interest rate differentials.

Apr WTI crude oil prices (CLJ17 -0.39%) this morning are down -39 cents (-0.80%) at a fresh 3-1/2 month low and Apr gasoline (RBJ17 -0.80%) is -0.0192 (-1.20%). Friday's closes: Apr crude -0.79 (-1.60%), Apr gasoline -0.0242 (-1.49%). Apr crude oil and gasoline on Friday closed lower with Apr crude at a 3-1/2 month low. Crude oil continued to be hurt by technical selling and negative carry-over from Wednesday's EIA data that showed a +8.21 million bbl increase in EIA crude inventories to a record 528.39 million bbl (well above expectations for a +2.0 million bbl gain) and a +0.6% increase in U.S. crude production to a 1-year high of 9.088 million bpd. Crude oil prices were also hurt by Friday's news from Baker Hughes that U.S. active oil rigs in the week ended Mar 10 rose 8 to a 17-1/2 month high of 617.

GLOBAL EVENT CALENDAR03/13/2017

		Monday, Mar 13
US	1100 ET	USDA weekly grain export inspections.
		Tuesday, Mar 14
US	0830 ET	Feb PPI final demand expected +0.1% m/m and +1.9% y/y, Jan +0.6% m/m and +1.6% y/y. Feb PPI ex food & energy expected +0.2% m/m and +1.5% y/y, Jan +0.4% m/m and +1.2% y/y.
	n/a	President Trump and German Chancellor Merkel meet at the White House.
	1200 ET	FOMC begins 2-day policy meeting.

U.S. STOCK CALENDAR03/13/2017

Company	Ticker	Time	Event Description	Period	Estimate
Adient PLC	ADNT US		Annual General Meeting
Cooper Cos Inc/The	COO US		Annual General Meeting
AquaBounty Technologies Inc	AQB US		Y 2016 Earnings Release	Y 16
Extraction Oil & Gas Inc	XOG US	Aft-mkt	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 16	-0.172

MORNING CALL 1/13

Barchart Morning Call

Barchart.com - Fri Jan 13, 6:36AM CST

OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS

Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 +0.09%) are up +0.11% and European stocks are up +0.71% after upbeat comments late Thursday evening from Fed Chair Yellen who said the U.S. economy faces no serious short-term obstacles with low unemployment and wage growth beginning to pick up. Stock gains were limited on global growth concerns after China Dec exports declined more than expected. Also, a -1.13% decline in Feb WTI crude prices (CLG17 -1.08%) is undercutting energy producing stocks. Asian stocks settled mixed: Japan +0.80%, Hong Kong +0.47%, China -0.21%, Taiwan -0.33%, Australia -0.79%, Singapore +1.07%, South Korea -0.76%, India -0.03%. Chinese stocks closed lower as exporting companies sold-off on earnings concerns after China Dec exports fell more than expected.

The dollar index (DXY00 -0.15%) is down -0.17%. EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is up +0.39% and found support on a jump in German Dec wholesale prices by the most in 4-years, which bolsters the case for the ECB to taper QE. USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is down -0.04%.

Mar 10-year T-note prices (ZNH17 +0.11%) are up +4 ticks.

Fed Chair Yellen said late Thursday evening that the U.S. economy faces no serious short-term obstacles, but must deal with long-term challenges of low productivity and income inequality. She said “unemployment has now reached a low level; the labor market is generally strong and wage growth is beginning to pick up. Inflation has moved up from a very low level, and it's a little bit under our 2% objective, but it's very close."

The German Dec wholesale price index rose +1.2% m/m and +2.8% y/y, the fastest pace of increase in 4 years.

The China Dec trade balance shrank to a surplus of +$40.82 billion, narrower than expectations of +$47.55 billion and the smallest surplus in 8 months. Dec exports fell -6.1% y/y, weaker than expectations of -4.0% y/y. Dec imports rose +3.1% y/y, stronger than expectations of +3.0% y/y.

U.S. STOCK PREVIEW

Key U.S. news today includes: (1) Dec retail sales (expected +0.7% and +0.5% ex autos, Nov +0.1% and +0.2% ex autos), (2) Dec PPI final demand (expected +0.3% m/m and +1.6% y/y, Nov +0.4% m/m and +1.3% y/y) and Dec PPI ex food & energy (expected +0.1% m/m and +1.5% y/y, Nov +0.4% m/m and +1.6% y/y), (3) Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker (voter) speaks on economic mobility at an event in Philadelphia, (4) Nov business inventories (expected +0.6%, Oct -0.2%), (5) preliminary-Jan University of Michigan U.S. consumer sentiment index (expected +0.3 to 98.5, Dec +4.4 to 98.2), (6) Dec monthly budget statement (expected -$25.0 billion, Nov -$136.7 billion).

S&P 500 earnings reports today include: JPMorgan (consensus $1.43), Bank of America (0.38), BlackRock (5.02), PNC Financial (1.85), Wells Fargo (1.00).

U.S. IPO's scheduled to price today: none.

Equity conferences today: none.

OVERNIGHT U.S. STOCK MOVERS

Bank of America (BAC -0.65%) is up +0.5% in pre-market trading after it reported Q4 adjusted EPS of 40 cents, better than consensus of 38 cents

GrubHub (GRUB +0.54%) rose 2% in pre-market trading after being upgraded by Morgan Stanley to 'Overweight' from 'Equal-weight'

BlackRock (BLK -0.70%) reported Q4 adjusted EPS of $5.14, stronger than consensus of $5.02.

GameStop (GME +0.45%) was downgraded to 'Neutral' from 'Outperform' at Macquarie Research with a 12-month target price of $23.

Tractor Supply (TSCO -0.72%) was upgraded to 'Outperform' from 'Neutral' at Wedbush.

Zillow Group (ZG +1.80%) was downgraded to 'Equal-weight' from 'Overweight' at Morgan Stanley.

Independence Realty Trust (IRT -0.44%) was rated a new 'Outperform' at Baird with a 12-month target price of $10.

Signet Jewelers (SIG -0.40%) slid over 1% in after-hours trading after Corvex Management sold 2.5 million shares in a block trade.

WPX Energy (WPX -1.36%) lost 1% in after-hours trading after it announced a public offering of 42 million shares of common stock.

Pandora Media (P +0.93%) jumped 7% in after-hours trading after it said it sees Q4 revenue above its October 25 forecast of $362 million-$374 million citing strong advertising.

Two Harbors Investment (TWO -0.45%) fell nearly 2% in after-hours trading after it proposed a public offering of $250 million of senior convertible notes due 2022.

Uranium Resources (URRE -1.88%) slumped 17% in after-hours trading after it proposed a public offering of common stock, although no size or terms of the offering were mentioned.

Nivalis Therapeutics (NVLS -2.64%) gained 2% in after-hours trading after it announced restructuring plans to "reduce operational costs and preserve cash" while exploring strategic alternatives and named CFO Michael Carruthers as interim president effective Jan 15.

MARKET COMMENTS

Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 +0.09%) this morning are up +2.50 points (+0.11%). Thursday's closes: S&P 500 -0.21%, Dow Jones -0.32%, Nasdaq -0.17%. The S&P 500 on Thursday dropped to a 1-week low and closed lower on some continued disappointment that President-elect Trump did not provide specifics on any of his fiscal-stimulus plans in Wednesday's press conference. There was also continued weakness in pharmaceutical and biotech stocks after President-elect Trump said he would force drug makers to bid for government business to save the government money. Stocks found some support from the +10,000 rise in U.S. weekly jobless claims to 247,000, less than expectations of +20,000 to 255,000.

Mar 10-year T-notes (ZNH17 +0.11%) this morning are up +4 ticks. Thursday's closes: TYH7 +2.50, FVH7 +1.50. Mar 10-year T-notes on Thursday closed higher and the 10-year T-note yield fell to a 6-week low of 2.305%. T-note prices were boosted by the sell-off in the S&P 500 to a 1-week low, which boosted the safe-haven demand for T-notes, and by strong foreign demand for the Treasury's $12 billion auction of 30-year T-bonds that had a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.32, above the 12-auction average of 2.29. In addition, indirect bidders, a proxy for foreign buyers, bought 66.7% of the auction, above the 12-auction average of 61.4%.

The dollar index (DXY00 -0.15%) this morning is down -0.17 (-0.17%). EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is up +0.0032 (+0.30%). USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is down -0.05 (-0.04%). Thursday's closes: Dollar index -0.43 (-0.42%), EUR/USD +0.0031 (+0.29%), USD/JPY -0.69 (-0.60%). The dollar index on Thursday tumbled to a 1-month low and closed lower on continued liquidation of long dollar positions on disappointment that President-elect Trump did not discuss his administration's fiscal stimulus plans at Wednesday's press conference. The dollar was also undercut by reduced dollar interest rate differentials after the 10-year T-note yield dropped to a 1-1/4 month low. USD/JPY fell to a 1-month low as weakness in stocks boosted the safe-haven demand for the yen.

Feb WTI crude oil prices (CLG17 -1.08%) this morning are down -60 cents (-1.13%) and Feb gasoline (RBG17 -0.52%) is -0.0092 (-0.57%). Thursday's closes: Feb crude +0.78 (+1.49%), Feb gasoline +0.0247 (+1.55%). Feb crude oil and gasoline on Thursday closed higher on the sell-off in the dollar index to a 1-month low and on signs of falling OPEC oil production after Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Al-Falih said that Saudi oil production is now below 10 million bpd, a deeper cut than the 10.058 million bpd it had agreed to and the lowest production in 22 months. Crude oil also found continued support from Wednesday's EIA data that showed strong refinery demand for crude after U.S. refiners used 17.1 million bpd of crude last week, the most since data began in 1989.

GLOBAL EVENT CALENDAR01/13/2017

		Friday, Jan 13
US	0830 ET	Dec retail sales expected +0.7% and +0.5% ex autos, Nov +0.1% and +0.2% ex autos.
	0830 ET	Dec PPI final demand expected +0.3% m/m and +1.6% y/y, Nov +0.4% m/m and +1.3% y/y. Dec PPI ex food & energy expected +0.1% m/m and +1.5% y/y, Nov +0.4% m/m and +1.6% y/y.
	0930 ET	Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker (voter) speaks on economic mobility at an event in Philadelphia.
	1000 ET	Nov business inventories expected +0.6%, Oct -0.2%.
	1000 ET	Preliminary-Jan University of Michigan U.S. consumer sentiment index expected +0.3 to 98.5, Dec +4.4 to 98.2.
	1400 ET	Dec monthly budget statement expected -$25.0 billion, Nov -$136.7 billion.
		Tuesday, Jan 17
US	0830 ET	Jan Empire manufacturing survey general business conditions expected -1.2 to 7.8, Dec +7.5 to 9.0.
	0845 ET	New York Fed President Dudley (voter) speaks at a National Retail Federation Conference on consumer behavior.
	1100 ET	USDA weekly grain export inspections.
	1800 ET	San Francisco Fed President John Williams (non-voter) speaks at the Sacramento Business Review Economic Forecast event.

U.S. STOCK CALENDAR01/13/2017

Company	Ticker	Time	Event Description	Period	Estimate
BlackRock Inc	BLK US	Bef-mkt	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	5.022
First Republic Bank/CA	FRC US	Bef-mkt	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	1.025
JPMorgan Chase & Co	JPM US	6:45	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	1.427
Bank of America Corp	BAC US	6:45	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	0.377
PNC Financial Services Group Inc/The	PNC US	6:45	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	1.845
First Horizon National Corp	FHN US	7:00	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	0.254
Wells Fargo & Co	WFC US	8:00	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	0.999
Bank of America Corp	BAC US	8:30	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
BlackRock Inc	BLK US	8:30	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
First Horizon National Corp	FHN US	9:30	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
JPMorgan Chase & Co	JPM US	10:00	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
John Wiley & Sons Inc	JW/A US	10:00	Investor Day	Y 2017
First Republic Bank/CA	FRC US	10:00	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
PNC Financial Services Group Inc/The	PNC US	11:00	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
Wells Fargo & Co	WFC US	11:30	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
GameStop Corp	GME US		December 2016 Sales and Revenue Release	2016

MORNING CALL 12/23

Barchart Morning Call

Barchart.com - 3 hours ago

OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS

Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 -0.04%) are unchanged in thin pre-holiday trade and European stocks are up +0.04% on strength in bank stocks led by a nearly 3% increase in Deutsche Bank after it agreed to pay $7.2 billion to resolve a years-long U.S. investigation into its dealings in mortgage-backed securities. Also, Italian bank stocks rallied after the government said it will put as much as 20 billion euros ($21 billion) into the country's banks. GBP/USD fell -0.24% to a 1-1/2 month low, despite UK Q3 GDP being revised higher, on concern Article 50 of Brexit will be triggered early next year. Asian stocks settled mostly lower: Japan closed for holiday, Hong Kong -0.28%, China -0.94%, Taiwan -0.44%, Australia -0.28%, Singapore -0.38%, South Korea -0.14%, India +0.24%. Concerns over capital outflows pressured Chinese stocks, while a -1.10% slide in Feb WTI crude oil prices (CLG17 -1.10%) undercuts energy producing stocks.

The dollar index (DXY00 -0.10%) is down -0.08%. EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is up +0.11%. USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is down -0.14%.

Mar 10-year T-note prices (ZNH17 +0.08%) are up +2.5 ticks.

UK Q3 GDP was revised upward to +0.6% q/q from the previously reported +0.5% q/q.

German Jan GfK consumer confidence rose +0.1 to 9.9, right on expectations.

U.S. STOCK PREVIEW

Key U.S. news today includes: (1) Nov new home sales (expected +2.1% to 575,000, Oct -1.9% to 563,000), (2) final-Dec University of Michigan U.S. consumer sentiment index (expected unch at 98.0, prelim-Dec +4.2 to 98.0), (3) USDA Nov Cattle on Feed, (4) USDA Q4 Hogs & Pigs inventory, (5) USDA Nov Cold Storage.

Russell 1000 earnings reports today include: none.

U.S. IPO's scheduled to price today: none.

Equity conferences this week: none.

OVERNIGHT U.S. STOCK MOVERS

FedEx (FDX -0.64%) was initiated with a 'Buy' at Aegis Capital wih a 12-month target price of $215.

Time Warner (TWX +0.49%) was downgraded to 'Hold' from 'Buy' at Brean Capital.

Cal-Maine Foods (CALM -1.64%) gained over 1% in after-hours trading after it reported a Q2 loss of -48 cents per share, right on expectations.

Lockheed Martin (LMT +0.11%) slid 2% in after-hours trading after President-elect Trump said that based on tremendous cost and cost overruns he asked Boeing to price-out a comparable F-18 Super Hornet jet.

Global Partners LP (GLP +13.74%) was upgraded to 'Buy' from 'Hold' at Stifel with a 12-month target price of $19.

Fred's (FRED -4.77%) rose over 6% in after-hours trading after Alden Global Capital reported a 24.8% stake in the company.

GameStop (GME -5.04%) was initiated with a 'Buy' by Mizuho Securities with a 12-month target price of $35.

Cintas (CTAS +0.49%) dropped 3% in after-hours trading after it reported Q2 continuing operations EPS of $1.13, below consensus of $1.15.

Progenics Pharmaceuticals (PGNX -0.23%) jumped 7% in after-hours trading after an independent review of its Phase 3 clinical trial of agent 1404 for treatment of prostate cancer recommended a continuation of the trial.

Synergy Pharmaceuticals (SGYP -1.46%) climbed nearly 3% in after-hours trading after the company said its Phase 3 trial of its plecanatide met primary endpoints in treatment of chronic idiopathic constipation.

MARKET COMMENTS

Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 -0.04%) this morning are unch. Thursday's closes: S&P 500 -0.19%, Dow Jones -0.12%, Nasdaq -0.29%. The S&P 500 on Thursday closed lower on the +21,000 increase in U.S weekly jobless claims to 275,000 (more than expectations of +3,000 to 257,000 and the most in 6 months) and the weaker than expected U.S. Nov personal spending report of +0.2% and personal income report of unchanged.

Mar 10-year T-notes (ZNH17 +0.08%) this morning are up +2.5 ticks. Thursday's closes: TYH7 -1.50, FVH7 -0.50. Mar 10-year T-notes on Thursday closed lower on the stronger-than-expected upward revision to U.S. Q3 GDP to 3.5% (q/q annualized), the fastest pace of growth in 2-years, and on the stronger-than-expected U.S. Nov durable goods orders report.

The dollar index (DXY00 -0.10%) this morning is down -0.080 (-0.08%). EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is up +0.0011 (+0.11%). USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is down -0.16 (-0.14%). Thursday's closes: Dollar index +0.070 (+0.07%), EUR/USD +0.0013 (+0.12%), USD/JPY -0.01 (-0.01%). The dollar index on Thursday closed slightly higher on the stronger-than-expected upward revision for U.S. Q3 GDP and the stronger-than-expected U.S. Nov durable goods orders report. The dollar was undercut by the weaker-than-expected U.S. Nov personal spending and personal income data.

Feb WTI crude oil prices (CLG17 -1.10%) this morning are down -58 cents (-1.10%) and Feb gasoline (RBG17 -1.41%) is -0.0243 (-1.50%). Thursday's closes: Feb crude +0.16 (+0.39%), Feb gasoline -0.0060 (-0.37%). Feb crude oil and gasoline on Thursday settled mixed. Crude oil prices were boosted by the stronger-than-expected U.S. Q3 GDP report and by comments from Iraqi Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luaibi who said the Kurdish region of Iraq also agreed to cut its crude oil output. Crude oil prices were undercut by the stronger dollar.

GLOBAL EVENT CALENDAR12/23/2016

		Friday, Dec 23
US	1000 ET	Nov new home sales expected +2.1% to 575,000, Oct -1.9% to 563,000.
	1000 ET	Final-Dec University of Michigan U.S. consumer sentiment index expected unch at 98.0, prelim-Dec +4.2 to 98.0.
	1200 ET	USDA Nov Cattle on Feed.
	1200 ET	USDA Q4 Hogs & Pigs inventory.
	1500 ET	USDA Nov Cold Storage.
		Tuesday, Dec 27
US	0900 ET	Oct S&P CoreLogic compoite-20 home prices expected +0.5% m/m and +5.0% y/y, Sep +0.37% m/m and +5.08% y/y.
	1000 ET	Dec Richmond Fed manufacturing survey expected +1 to 5, Nov +8 to 4.
	1000 ET	Dec consumer confidence (Conference Board) expected +1.2 to 108.3, Nov +6.3 to 107.1.
	1100 ET	USDA weekly grain export inspections.
	1300 ET	Treasury auctions $26 billion of 2-year T-notes.

U.S. STOCK CALENDAR12/23/2016

Company	Ticker	Time	Event Description	Period	Estimate
no events