"Software as a Service" and cloud computing companies have proven they can be viable. The question is, how many of them can the industry support?

Canadian stocks tally modest gains, extending the prior session’s advance to 13-month highs, as investors digest another solid report from the retail sector as well as data showing only a small rise in inflation.

U.S. stocks fall Wednesday as an unexpected decline in home construction and building permits in October hit consumer companies’ shares.

Negative reaction to earnings reports from Autodesk Inc. and Salesforce.com Inc., as well as an analyst downgrade of Research In Motion Ltd. highlighted tech-sector action in early trading Wednesday.

Among the shares expected to see active trade in Wednesday's session are those of Autodesk, BJ’s, Elbit Systems, Hershey, Salesforce, Sara Lee, Target and VimpelCom.