Futures Higher In Front Of Lots Of Economic Data And FOMC Minutes

In After Hours Trading

1 IPO on deck for this week Mapi Pharma (MAPI). Secondaries on deck today EGN.In After Hours Trading: A +.03 BYD +.03 CERN +.04 FOSL +.17 NBR +.08 RAX +.09. Lower Guidance CERN FOSL RAX.

What's Happening This Morning

U.S. futures: S&P +15.50, Dow Jones +116, NDX +45 and Russell 2000 +8.60 with fair value higher cutting into gains. Asia lower ex China and Europe higher.Copper higher with silver and gold lower. WTI Crude and Brent Oil Futures higher. Natural Gas is higher. $ is lower vs Euro, lower vs. Pound and higher vs. Yen. US 10 year Treasury yield at 1.80% yield +2, one month change -27 and -38 one year change. Pices as of 7:45 a.m. EDT.

Top Sectors All.

Weak Sectors None.

One month winners Utilities.

Three Month Winners Utilities.

Six Month Winners Utilities.

One Year Winners none of note.

Year To Date Utilities.

Earnings Expected

Earnings due after the close (by avg. trade volume): MAR NVDA ABX NEM WMB CF NTAP WMB CF MRO.Due Thursday morning (by avg. trade volume descending) as markets closed on Monday: WMT DUK PRGO DISH DISCA HOT MGM LH.

Rags & Mags: Inside Wall Street

Bloomberg: Apple (AAPL) told the FBI it will need a court order to unlock an iPhone. Apple sold $12 billion of bonds yesterday. Global miners rally threatened as base metals are rolling over.

Reported Earnings This Morning

Reported Earnings This Morning (Best to Worst absolute beats/misses [+.02 or greater/-.02 or worse]): BXLT +.02 HRL +.06 QSR +.06 YNDX -.73 ZTS +.04.Current Morning missing: None of note.