The S&P 500 fell for a fourth straight session -- its steepest drop since October 1st -- ensuring a close below the 50-day moving average as a 12% jump in the VIX had investors holding their nose. Read more on volatility in VXX Is a Hollow Move.Nathan Rothchild’s 199 year old advice to “Buy on the cannons sell on the trumpets” looked long in the tooth with Canon (CAJ) tumbling 2.28% after posting a 55% profit plunge. It was a bad day for Goodyear (GT) 19.59% lower in its sharpest sell off since the crash of October ‘87. In otherwise inauspicious ...

Among the shares expected to see active trade in Thursday’s session are those of Aetna, Aflac, Avon, First Solar, LSI, Mylan, Newmont Mining, O’Reilly Automotive, P&G, and Symantec.

Among the shares expected to see active trade in Thursday’s session are those of Exxon, Procter & Gamble and Colgate-Palmolive.

Symantec Corp. and Akamai Technologies Inc. are slated to post quarterly results, with analysts looking for the security software maker and the Internet content-delivery company to post earnings declines.

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Wednesday's session are Aflac Inc., ConocoPhillips and General Dynamics Corp.