Notable companies reporting before the opening bell on Thursday include 3M Co (MMM), Airgas (ARG), AmerisourceBergen (ABC), Baxter International (BAX), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Celgene (CELG), Dover (DOV), EQT (EQT), KeyCorp (KEY), Lockheed Martin (LMT), McCormick & Company (MKC), Precision Castparts (PCP), Raytheon (RTN), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Union Pacific (UNP), W.W. Grainger (GWW), and Xerox (XRX).
Federal Reserve policymakers will likely announce on Wednesday that they will keep buying bonds at a monthly pace …