The current week is very significant from a trading viewpoint not only for the forex market but also for the stock market. Besides the US Nonfarm payroll and FOMC rate decision, the markets will be eyeing the earnings reports from the world’s biggest companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook.

The tech leaders Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon reports are due on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday respectively. While Facebook, the sixth largest stock by market cap, is also due to report on Wednesday.

Besides that, some of the other high profile tech companies are releasing earnings per share this week. Such as:

Monday

• Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT)
• AK Steel (NYSE:AKS)
• Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR)

Tuesday

• Verizon (NYSE:VZ)
• 3M (NYSE:MMM)
• Harley-Davidson (NYSE:HOG)
• eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY)

Wednesday

• Boeing (NYSE:BA)
• McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD)
• AT&T (NYSE:T)
• Alibaba (NYSE:BABA)
• Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)
• Visa (NYSE:V)
• PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL)

Thursday

• General Electric (NYSE:GE)
• United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS)
• Mastercard (NYSE:MA)
• DowDuPont (NYSE:DWDP)

Friday

• ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM)
• Chevron (NYSE:CVX),
• Honeywell (NYSE:HON)