Pre-opening Comments for Monday October 31st U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 20 points in pre-opening trade. Emerson Electric added $0.57 to $87.97 after the company reported higher than consensus fiscal fourth quarter results. The company also announced sale of a division for $9.5 billion. Keurig Dr. Pepper […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday October 28th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 10 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures were virtually unchanged following releases of economic news at 8:30 AM EDT: September PCE Price Index, September Personal Income and September Personal Spending. Intel $INTC added $$1.17 to $27.44 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday October 27th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 4 points at 7:30 AM EDT. Traders are waiting for U.S. economic news released at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for first estimate of third quarter real GDP is growth at a 2.1% rate versus a decline […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday October 26th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 31 points in pre-opening trade. Canadian focus today is on the Bank of Canada’s announcement at 10:00 AM EDT. Consensus is that the Bank of Canada will raise its lending rate to major Canadian banks by […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday October 25th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 12 points in pre-opening trade. Cadence Design Systems $CDNS added $0.63 to $160.85 after reporting higher than consensus third quarter profits and revenues. Discover Financial Services $DFS dropped $1.23 to $94.63 after reporting lower than consensus […]