LIVE: Alcoa Announces Earnings

Aluminum giant Alcoa is set to report second quarter earnings after the market close.

Analysts are expecting earnings per share of $0.12 on revenue of $5.66 billion.

Alcoa's report traditionally marks the unofficial start of earnings season, a four-week window in which many of the stock market - and the world's - largest company give their quarterly reports.

Alcoa, formerly a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, is a aluminum giant that is often seen as a economic bellwether for industrial activity.

It has been a quiet couple months on Wall Street, but after a huge jobs report last Thursday and two-straight days of declines in the market, investors will be closely watching this season's earnings reports for signs as to where the market might be headed next.

We'll be back live when the numbers hit.