Notable companies reporting before the opening bell include BB&T (BBT), Danaher (DHR), Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX), Genuine Parts (GPC), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), KeyCorp (KEY), Laboratory Corporation of America (LH), Morgan Stanley (MS), Nucor (NUE), Philip Morris (PM), PPG Industries (PPG), Quest Diagnostics (DGX), Safeway (SWY), Sherwin-Williams (SHW), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Textron (TXT), Travelers Companies (TRV), Union Pacific (UNP), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), and Verizon (VZ).
Federal Reserve policymakers will likely announce on Wednesday that they will keep buying bonds at a monthly pace …