Monday
U.S.
Featured earnings
Century Casinos (NASDAQ: CNTY) (Q4) EPS estimates of four cents, compared to three cents in the prior-year quarter. Century owns and operates hotels and casinos in Cripple Creek and Central City, Colorado, and in Edmonton, and Calgary
InterOil (NYSE: IOC) (Q4) EPS estimates call for a loss of four cents, compared to a gain of 23 cents in the prior-year quarter.
SORL Auto Parts Inc. (NASDAQ: SORL) (Q4) EPS estimates call for of 19 cents, compared to 21 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Gross Domestic Product (Jan.) Statistics Canada reported real GDP expanded 0.7% in the fourth quarter, the same increase as in the third quarter. On a monthly basis, real GDP fell 0.5% in December.
Featured Earnings
Ivanhoe Mines (T.IVN) (Q4) EPS estimate of seven cents, identical to the loss from the prior-year quarter. Ivanhoe revealed this month that drilling had intersected a thick zone of high-grade mineralization on an extension of the Flatreef platinum, palladium, nickel, copper, gold and rhodium discovery in South Africa's Bushveld Complex.
Alderon Iron Ore Corp. (T.ADV) (Q4) EPS estimates a loss of two cents, compared to a loss of 10 cents in the prior-year quarter. Vancouver-based Alderon reported last month that it had concluded a power purchase agreement for its Kami project in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Counsel Corporation (T.CXS) (Q4) EPS estimates two cents, compared to one cent in the prior-year quarter.
Tethys Petroleum Limited (T.TPL) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of a penny, identical to the prior-year quarter. The company last week announced the success of Well AKK18 in Kazakhstan, the second shallow gas exploration well of its 2014 programme. The production company is focused on Central Asia and the Caspian Region
Tuesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Purchasing Managers Manufacturing Index (Mar.)
Institute for Supply Management Manufacturing Index (Mar.)
Construction Spending (Feb.)
Featured Earnings
Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) (Q1) EPS estimates of 18 cents, compared to 34 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Industrial product price index (Feb.) The IPPI rose 1.4% in January, led by higher prices for energy and petroleum products.
Raw material price index (Feb.) The RMPI increased 2.6% in January as a result of higher prices for crude energy products.
Wednesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
EIA Petroleum Report (Mar. 24-28)
ADP Employment Report (Mar.) This report is often a harbinger of the national non-farm payroll report, due this Friday.
Factory Orders (Feb.)
Featured Earnings
Acuity Brands Inc. (NYSE: AYI) (Q1) EPS estimates of 83 cents, compared to 62 cents in the prior-year quarter. In February, the Atlanta-based company introduced the ECOdrive® family of LED drivers from eldoLED® and its launch to the OEM market.
Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) (Q1) EPS estimate of $3.10, compared to $2.73 in prior-year quarter
Canada
Featured Earnings
Dominion Diamond Corporation (T.DDC) (Q4) EPS estimate at 19 cents, compared to 18 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Reitmans (Canada) Limited (T.RET.A) (Q4) EPS estimate at two cents, compared to a loss of one cent in the prior-year quarter.
Thursday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
International Trade (Feb.)
Weekly jobless claims (Mar. 24-28)
ISM Non-manufacturing Index (Mar.)
Featured Earnings
Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) (Q1) EPS estimate at 60 cents, compared to a loss of 24 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Perry Ellis International Inc. (NASDAQ: PERY) (Q1) EPS estimate at three cents, compared to 50 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic lookahead
International Merchandise Trade (Feb.) Canada's merchandise imports declined 1.6% while exports edged up 0.2% in January. As a result, Canada's trade deficit with the world narrowed from $922 million in December to $177 million in January.
Friday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Non-farm payrolls (Mar.)
Featured earnings
CarMax Inc. (NYSE: KMX) (Q1) EPS estimate at 53 cents, compared to 46 cents in the prior-year quarter.
China Sunergy Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ: CSUN) (Q4) EPS estimates point to loss of $1.11, compared to loss of $4.27 in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Labour Force Survey (Mar.) Employment was little changed in February, and the unemployment rate remained at 7.0%.
Featured earnings
Hudson's Bay Company (T.HBC) (Q4) EPS estimates of 54 cents, down substantially from 86 cents in the prior-year quarter. In February, the retail giant completed the sale of its Queen Street flagship store and Simpson Tower office complex in Toronto to The Cadillac Fairview for $650 million
MTY Food Group Inc. (T.MTY) (Q1) EPS estimates of 36 cents, up a bit from 29 cents in the prior-year quarter.
