Reports: Housing starts for September, 7:30 a.m.

Major earnings: Bank of America Corp., Bank of New York Mellon Corp., Boston Scientific Corp., Coca-Cola Co., EMC Corp., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Harley-Davidson Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Lockheed Martin Corp., McClatchy Co., New York Times Co., Occidental Petroleum Corp., Peabody Energy Corp., Supervalu Inc., UnitedHealth Group Inc., United Technologies Corp., Yahoo Inc.