U.S. stocks were set to open lower after General Electric posted lower-than-expected revenues and Bank of America reported a worse-than-expected loss. However, Google and IBM both posted better-than-expected earnings after yesterday’s close.
On the economic front, a reading on industrial production and capacity utilization is due at 9:15 am ET. That is followed by the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment survey, which comes out at 10:00 am ET.