The first full week of July will be a quiet one
Independence Day in the United States was celebrated over the weekend and the stock market remained closed on Monday, July 5, in observation of the holiday. The stock market will reopen again today at 9:30 a.m. ET for normal trading hours for the rest of this short trading week.
There are no notable earnings reports coming up during this first full week of July. Economic data is fairly muted as well, after Monday's Independence Day holiday. Nonetheless, investors will be keeping an eye on updates from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) in the middle of the week, as well as a fresh jobless claims data. All economic dates listed here are tentative and subject to change.
Today's economic calendar will feature the final Markit services purchasing managers' index (PMI) and the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) services index.
The following company is slated to release earnings today, July 6:
SMART Global Holdings Inc. (NYSE:SGH -- $48.10) designs and manufactures electronic products focused in memory and computing technology areas. SMART Global will report its Q3 earnings of 2021 after the market closes today.
Looking ahead to tomorrow, Wednesday will bring job openings data will be featured, as well as minutes from the FOMC meeting. All economic dates listed here are tentative and subject to change.
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