NewsWare's Trade Talk: Tuesday, April 30

S&P Futures are slightly lower this morning with corporate earnings and tomorrows Fed announcement being the key short-term factors for markets. On the economic front, the Fed starts its two-day meeting today, later this morning there is the Consumer Confidence report being released. MMM came in with an earnings beat this morning. After the bell today AMZN & AMD are scheduled to release. In Europe markets are slightly lower with markets paying attention to corporate earnings announcement. Oil prices are slightly higher with truce talks being a key area of interest for oil traders.