1. U.S. stock futures pointed lower Tuesday ahead of data on housing and consumer confidence.
European stocks were falling while Asian shares ended Tuesday's session to the downside.
Oil prices in the U.S. fell 0.5% in electronic trading to $33.24 a barrel.
2. The economic calendar in the U.S. Tuesday includes the Case-Shiller 20-City Index for December at 9 a.m. EST, Consumer Confidence for February at 10 a.m., and Existing Home Sales for January at 10 a.m.
3. U.S. stocks on Monday rose as the positive momentum that pushed Wall Street to its best week of the year propelled equities higher again.
4. United Technologies (UTX - Get Report) confirmed it talked with Honeywell (HON) about a merger but determined that regulatory obstacles were too high to make a deal feasible.
5. Bill Gates, speaking about the standoff between Apple (AAPL) and the U.S. government, told the Financial Times that technology companies should be forced to cooperate with law enforcement in terrorism investigations.
6. -- Home Depot (HD - Get Report) reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $1.47 billion, or $1.17 a share, beating Wall Street estimates.
7. -- Fitbit (FIT) shares were falling 17% in premarket trading Tuesday after the fitness and health company said first-quarter revenue would fall well short of Wall Street forecasts.
8. -- Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google is shuttering its comparison-shopping site for auto insurance, credit cards and mortgages after one year, The Wall Street Journal reported.
9. -- Homebuilder Toll Brothers (TOL) posted fiscal first-quarter net income of 40 cents a share, which missed Wall Street expectations by a penny.
10. -- Earnings are also expected Tuesday from Macy's (M - Get Report) and J.M. Smucker (SJM - Get Report) .
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