Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are:
Wall Street expects Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG) to report quarterly earnings at $1.09 per share on revenue of $18.36 billion before the opening bell. Procter & Gamble shares rose 0.5% to close at $139.48 on Thursday.
Powell says economy 'a ways off' from bond taper.BofA slips as low interest rates hurt lending business.July 14 - The S&P 500 ended with a gain after briefly hitting an intra-day record in a choppy session on Wednesday, as investors balanced worries about inflation with reassuring comments from Fed Chair Jerome Powell.Of the 11 S&P 500 sector indexes, utilities and consumer staples were among the strongest, while energy sank over 3%.U.S. monetary policy will offer "powerful support" to the econ