Traders were guided by Greece today. Concern that the country could default on its debt initially stirred aggressive selling, but headlines that the country is close to securing funding helped the major equity averages slash their losses.
After the close, ARAY is the most notable name scheduled to report earnings
results.
In separate news, ConAgra Foods (CAG) announced the withdrawal of its $94 per
share, all-cash proposal to acquire RAH. This follows RAH's failure to enter
into a constructive dialogue with CAG regarding its all-cash proposal for
Ralcorp by the designated deadline of 5:00pm Eastern time on September 19, 2011.
Futures are lower after hours: S&P 500 futures are -1.02 from fair value of 1197.92 and Nasdaq100 futures are -3.85 from fair value of 2303.85.
Tomorrow morning before the open, one economic report is scheduled to be released: Housing starts (Consensus 590K) and Building permits (Consensus 585K).
Tomorrow before the open look for the following companies to report: AZO, CCL, CAG, FDS, and JEF.






