Investors are kicking off the new trading week assessing a report that demand for Apple (AAPL) products is weak, sending stock futures lower.
Good morning, this is Kristin Bianco with the Week Ahead Market Report for January 14, 2013.
In overseas trading, Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average was lower by about 1.4 percent and the Hang Seng was higher by about six tenths of a percent. The FTSE 100 was about even and the German DAX was higher by about half of one percent.
On the earnings front, expect to hear from Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) and Lennar (LEN) on Tuesday, Bank of the Ozarks (OZRK) on Wednesday, and BlackRock (BLK) on Thursday.
In economic news, expect to hear data on producer prices on Tuesday, consumer prices on Wednesday, and housing starts on Thursday.
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For MarketNewsVideo.com, I'm Kristin Bianco.