Upcoming S&P500 Earnings Releases: Before the Bell: Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), GameStop Corp. (GME), Hormel Foods Corp. (HRL), Patterson (PDCO), and Sears (SHLD) After the Bell: Autodesk, Inc. (ADSK), Gap, Inc. (GPS), Ross Stores Inc. (ROST) Important Data Releases: US: - Unemployment Claims, released by Department of Labor, measures the number of individuals who filed for unemployment insurance for the first time during the past week. Europe: - French Flash Manufacturing PMI and German Flash Manufacturing PMI, released by Markit Economics, measures level of a diffusion index based on surveyed purchasing managers in the manufacturing industry Canada: - Core Retail Sales m/m, released by Statistics Canada, measures Change in the total value of sales at the retail level, excluding automobiles.