Business events scheduled for Tuesday

Major business and economic events scheduled for Tuesday:

WASHINGTON — Commerce Department releases durable goods for September, 8:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Standard & Poor's releases S&P/Case-Shiller index of home prices for August, 9 a.m.

WASHINGTON — The Conference Board releases the Consumer Confidence Index for October, 10 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve policymakers begin a two-day meeting to set interest rates.

GENEVA — Switzerland's biggest bank, UBS AG, reports its third-quarter results.

GENEVA — Swiss drugmaker Novartis reports third-quarter results.

PARIS — Sanofi reports third-quarter results.

Aetna Inc. reports quarterly financial results before the market opens.

Dupont reports quarterly financial results before the market opens.

Pfizer Inc. reports quarterly financial results before the market opens.

Facebook Inc. reports quarterly financial results after the market closes.