New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- In a holiday-shortened week ahead, Wall Street investors will be focusing on home sales data and the Federal Reserve minutes of January monetary policy meeting. The markets will remain closed on Monday to mark Presidents' Day.

The week will also see other economic data including preliminary PMIs by S&P Global for services and manufacturing, and consumer sentiment for February.

In earnings calendar, Walmart, Alibaba Group, Medtronic, Occidental Petroleum, and Analog Devices will be the major companies to report their quarter results.

February 17 (Monday) is a President's Day holiday.

On February 18 (Tuesday), a report on Empire State manufacturing survey for February will be released.

On February 19 (Wednesday), ...