Investors will also monitor crude oil prices after Brent retreated below $105 a barrel, along with earnings from major US banks and the September-quar…
1/8US Markets | US stocks traded mixed on Tuesday as investors assessed earnings reports from major banks, while a sharp overnight decline in South Korea weighed on memory stocks. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1%, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.3%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 359 points, or 0.7%.
2/8Crude oil | Oil retreated after three days of gains as traders took stock of the latest attacks — and efforts to ease tensions — from the Middle East to Russia and Ukraine. Brent crude fell below $105 a barrel after rising more than 6% since Thursday. Traders have been closely monitoring developments in the Middle East on concern a recent barrage of attacks by Iran-backed Houthi militants on Saudi Arabia could imperil shipments from the region’s largest oil exporter.
3/8US Home Sales | Sales of previously occupied US homes rose in September from the previous month, but slowed compared to a year ago, the latest sign the housing market remains stalled as rising mortgage rates and home prices discourage prospective homebuyers. Existing home sales rose 1.5% last month from August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.99 million units, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday. One of the factors in the monthly increase is that sales in August were revised lower.
4/8US-Iran war | Houthi-linked media Al-Masirah said Tuesday the Saudi-led coalition has carried out airstrikes against oil facilities west of Sanaa. It did not provide any evidence. The report came shortly after a warning from the Saudi-led coalition spokesman calling on residents in the area to evacuate for their safety. Witnesses in the city said they heard explosions in Sanaa. It was not immediately clear what was hit.
5/8Earnings | BlackRock is scheduled to announce its earnings tomorrow at 3:30 pm IST, followed by Bank of America at 4:15 pm IST and Morgan Stanley at 5 pm IST.
6/8US CPI | The US is scheduled to release its Consumer Price Index (CPI), core CPI and real earnings data for September on Wednesday at 6 pm IST. In August, headline CPI rose 3.4% year-on-year and 0.4% month-on-month, while core CPI increased 2.4% year-on-year and 0.3% month-on-month. Real average hourly earnings for all employees fell 0.1% month-on-month and 0.3% year-on-year in August.
7/8WPI | India’s Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation data for September 2026 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday (October 14) at noon. Wholesale inflation rose to 9.92% in August 2026, compared with 9.78% in July 2026.
8/8Second Quarter Results | Several companies are scheduled to announce their results on Wednesday, October 14, including Bharat Heavy Electricals, ICICI Lombard, Tata Technologies Ltd, CEAT Ltd and HDB Financial Services Ltd. Other companies scheduled to report their results are BACIL Pharma Ltd, Elecon Engineering Company Ltd, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd, Naturo Indiabull Ltd, Polycon International Ltd, Rajasthan Tube Manufacturing Company Ltd, and Sulabh Engineers & Services Ltd.