There are upcoming S&P 500 Earnings Releases. Before the bell: Deere & Co. (DE), Macy's, Inc. (M), Millipore Corp. (MIL) After the bell: Agilent (A), Cisco Systems (CSCO), NetApp (NTAP), News Corp (NWSA) Also, there are important data. US: Department of Labor will release Producer Price Index (PPI), a leading indicator of consumer inflation, measuring change in the price of finished goods and services sold by producers. UK: Bank of England will release MPC Asset Purchase Facility Votes and MPC Official Bank Rate Votes. Also, Office for National Statistics will release Claimant Count Change, which measures change in the number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits during the previous month.