The week ahead

TODAY

Conference Board releases its index of leading economic indicators for June.

U.S. Treasury auction.

Quarterly earnings results expected from Halliburton, Hasbro and Texas Instruments.

TUESDAY

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke testifies about the economy before the House Financial Services Committee.

Quarterly earnings results expected from Advanced Micro Devices, Apple, Caterpillar, McClatchy, Yahoo, Coca-Cola, Lockheed Martin, Southwest Airlines, Starbucks and UAL.

WEDNESDAY

Federal Housing Finance Agency releases May home price index.

Quarterly earnings results expected from EBay, Qualcomm, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo and Whirlpool.

THURSDAY

Labor Department releases report on weekly jobless claims.

National Assn. of Realtors releases report on existing-home sales for June.

Freddie Mac releases report on weekly mortgage rates.

Quarterly earnings results expected from Occidental Petroleum, Safeway, Netflix, Alaska Air Group, Amazon.com, McDonald’s and Microsoft.

FRIDAY

Quarterly earnings results expected from Arch Coal and Schlumberger.