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Anadarko, Sysco also set for spotlight; monthly auto sales data on tap

By Myra P. Saefong, MarketWatch 

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Taco Bell parent Yum Brands is expected to report to earnings per share of 79 cents on revenue of $4.26 billion.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Yum Brands Inc., Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and Sysco Corp. are among the stocks expected to see active trading during Monday’s session.

Monthly auto sales data will also be released Monday, so shares of Ford Motor Co. F -1.90% ,General Motors Co. GM -2.06%  and U.S.-traded shares of Toyota Motor Corp. TM -2.05%may also see sizable moves to start the week. 

Yum Brands YUM +0.83%  will report fourth-quarter results after the market closes on Monday. Analysts expect the parent company of Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut, to post earnings per share of 79 cents for the quarter on revenue of $4.26 billion, according to consensus estimates from FactSet.

Also after Monday’s close, Take-Two Interactive TTWO +0.68% , an interactive entertainment developer, is expected to report earnings per share of $1.40 on revenue of $707.4 million for its third quarter.

Oil and natural-gas exploration and production company Anadarko Petroleum APC -0.93%  is set to release fourth quarter results, with analysts forecasting earnings per share of 91 cents on revenue of $3.93 billion.

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Before the bell Monday, Sysco SYY -0.20% is poised to issue quarterly results for its second quarter. Analysts expect the food seller, marketer and distributor to post earnings per share of 40 cents on revenue of $11.35 billion.

After the close Monday, fourth-quarter results are due from the Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. HIG -1.48% , which is projected to report earnings of 90 cents per share, Edwards LifeSciences Corp.EW -0.55% , expected to post earnings per share of 82 cents and General Growth Properties Inc. GGP +0.75% , expected to report a profit per share of 35 cents. For its first quarter, Hologic Inc. HOLX +1.67%  is expected to post earnings per share of 31 cents.

Monthly auto sales data are also on tap for Monday.

While January is typically a slow month for auto sales, analysts are predicting overall light vehicle sales will rise about 0.9% to 1.05 million from a year ago, carrying momentum from 2013 into the new year. That would put the seasonally-adjusted annualized sales rate, or SAAR, at 15.6 million vehicles.

Chrysler, now fully-owned by Fiat IT:F -0.74% is expected to show the biggest gains, up about 6% at 121,000 units, according to Truecar.com. General Motors GM -2.06%  sales are seen coming in around 190,000, down 1.7% from a year ago, while Ford Motor Co.’s GM -2.06% sales are seen slipping about 4% to 153,000. 

Myra Saefong is a MarketWatch reporter based in San Francisco. Follow her on Twitter@MktwSaefong. Jim Jelter in San Francisco contributed to this report.