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* Apple, the world's biggest company by market capitalization,
is expected to unveil the 10th anniversary edition of the iPhone
at an event that starts at 1:00 p.m. ET (1700 GMT)
* Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes, weakened
to a post-tropical cyclone on Tuesday, allaying concerns about
its impact to the economy.
* The S&P 500 climbed to a record high close on Monday as
concerns over Irma faded and North Korea did not test-fire
missiles over the weekend as some had feared.
* However, North Korea on Tuesday rejected a United Nations
Security Council resolution imposing tougher sanctions, and said
the United States would soon face the "greatest pain" it had
ever experienced.
* The U.N. unanimously stepped up sanctions against Pyongyang on
Monday over the country's most powerful nuclear test on earlier
in the month, imposing a ban on North Korea's textile exports
and capping imports of crude oil.
* In economic data, the Labor Department is expected to release
its monthly job openings and labor turnover survey report for
July at 10:00 a.m. ET. Job openings rose to 6.163 million in
June.
* Apple's shares were up 1.05 percent ahead of the iPhone
launch.
* Sage Therapeutics slumped 23.18 percent after its drug to
treat a life-threatening seizure disorder failed to meet the
main goal of a late-stage trial.
* DowDupont rose 2.47 percent after the company, which was
formed when chemical giants Dow Chemical and DuPont merged, said
it was making changes to its initial plans of splitting the
company into three units.
* U.S.-listed shares of Teva rose 7.35 percent after the
drugmaker agreed to sell its contraceptive brand Paragard to a
unit of Cooper Cos for $1.1 billion.
(Reporting by Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru)
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