Apple earnings are due after the closing bell and will dominate the headlines in the hours ahead but it’s not the only company reporting and not necessarily the most influential.

Caterpillar is one company that has a good sense of global growth, especially in emerging markets. We won’t necessarily be watching for the bottom line in these companies but revenues and comments on the broader economy are key.

Tuesday pre-market

  • Canadian National/Canadian Pacific Railway
  • Cola-Cola

Tuesday after-market

  • Verizon
  • Yahoo

Wednesday pre-market

  • Dow chemical

Thursday pre-market

  • General Motors
  • 3M
  • Caterpillar

Thursday afer-market

  • Microsoft

Friday pre-market

  • Procter & Gamble

The market is acting awfully strange ahead of Apple earnings, with tech leading stocks broadly higher. Are traders buying the rumor or does someone know something?