Europe

Food-related company earnings and weekly jobless claims may influence the direction of trading

Wednesday's earnings highlights include GM, Coca-Cola and Uber

The Labor Department is expected to say the U.S. economy added 50,000 new nonfarm jobs last month

Traders will get the latest jobless claims along with a heavy slate of earnings

Traders will get the ADP report on private sector hiring along with the ISM's report on the services sector

Investors will get earnings from  a trio of Dow members: Chevron, Caterpillar and Honeywell

Investors will also digest the latest jobless claims along with a slew of earnings

Amid international competition for limited supplies of the shots needed to end the pandemic, AstraZeneca said on Wednesday the drugmaker was offering targets, not firm commitments to the European Union in its deal.

A historic British pub in the center of Oxford that has served students, scholars and literary greats for over 450 years is to shut down, a cultural casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Earnings are expected from Boeing, AT&T, Apple, Facebook and Tesla

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged President Joe Biden to join Europe in their clampdown on big tech, telling the Davos World Economic Forum Tuesday that the world must "address the darker sides of the digital world," which she partly blamed for the U.S. Capitol riot Jan. 6. 

The European Union on Tuesday warned pharmaceutical companies that have developed coronavirus vaccines with EU aid that slow deliveries must end -- at a time when infections are surging, many hospitals are overwhelmed, and many of the 27 members states are struggling to get their vaccine rollout going at top speed.

The social media giant said that the action was intended to make the platform better for writers and publishers. 

Discussions have moved online, starting Monday, and COVID-19 restrictions are also keeping regular tourists away.

Severe allergic reactions to Moderna Inc's coronavirus vaccine appear to be quite rare, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday, after over 4 million people had received their first dose.

The big number in the U.S. that traders will be watching will be existing home sales for December

A slew of earnings and economic reports may shape the direction of the trading day

Earnings reports will include results from UnitedHealth, Procter & Gamble and Morgan Stanley

The Boeing 737 Max will be approved to resume flights in Europe next week, following nearly two years of reviews after the aircraft was involved in two deadly crashes that saw the planes grounded worldwide, the head of the European aviation safety agency said Tuesday.

Disneyland Paris said on Monday it was postponing its reopening by almost two months, to April 2, due to the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic.