S&P Futures

DR DOOM: House prices are set to crash, according to Tony Dye, the London fund manager who earned the nickname "Dr Doom" after he predicted a collapse in global stock markets in the 1990s. Dye was quoted in Tuesday's edition of the Financial Times as saying he expects a 30 percent drop in London house

EMI denied it had ever misreported its sales and contested media reports which said hip-hop record label Avatar had made the allegation against EMI in a U.S. law suit.

Canary Wharf, Canadian Brascan said it had extended its offer by 11 days to April 19.

BAA reported a 4.4 percent rise in passenger traffic for the year ended March 31, with a record 133.4 million passengers travelling through its airports. March passenger traffic rose 10.4 percent.

BAA (March traffic figures), Informa (EGM)

08:30 Feb house prices

10:00 BRC March Retail Sales Monitor

Merrill Lynch (Q1), Intel (Q1), Public Service Enterprise (Q1), Amsouth Bancorp (Q1), C R Bard (Q1), Dow Jones (Q1),

Johnson & Johnson (Q1), Linear Technology (Q3), Marshall & Ilsley (Q1), McDonald's (Q1), BB&T Corporation(Q1), State Street (Q1), Pepsi (Q1),

13:30 Business Inventories Feb 0.3%, 13:30 Retail Sales Mar 0.7% 19:00 Treasury Budget Mar $72.5B