Home sales report out for the week ahead

MONDAY

• Lowes Companies, Nordson, Hastings Entertainment, Tuesday Morning Corp., Global Axcess, Corinthian Colleges, Celsius Holdings and Urban Outfitters earnings reports.

TUESDAY

• Federal Reserve will release the minutes from its July interest-rate meeting.
• Best Buy, Dell, Astro-Med, American Woodmark, Aspen Technology, Daktronics, Wet Seal, Key Tronic, Intuit, Books-a-Million, Barnes & Noble, DSW, La-Z-Boy, Williams-Sonoma and Medtronic earnings reports.

WEDNESDAY

• National Association of Realtors will report on existing-home sales for July.
• Hewlett-Packard, American Eagle Outfitters, DFC Global, Guess, Tilly's, Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Toll Brothers, Synopsys, Hain Celestial Group, Pacific Sunwear of California, Chico's, Eaton Vance, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and Vanguard Health Systems earnings reports.

THURSDAY

• U.S. Labor Department will release weekly jobless claims.
• Freddie Mac will unveil weekly mortgage rates.
• U.S. Commerce Department will release new home sales numbers for July.
• Autodesk, Salesforce.com, Hormel Foods, Aruba Networks, Bebe Stores, 1-800-Flowers.com, Shoe Carnival and Patterson Companies earnings reports.

FRIDAY

• Commerce Department will report on durable goods for July.

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