Pre-opening Comments for Friday November 17th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 15 points at 8:30 AM EST. Today is the last trade day for November listed options, futures and futures options. Index futures unchanged following release of the October U.S. Housing Starts report at 8:30 AM EST. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday November 16th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 1 point at 8:35 AM EST. S&P 500 futures improved 7 points following release of the November Philly Fed Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase to -8.0 from -9.0 in October. Actual was […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday November 15th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 16 points at 8:35 AM EST. S&P 500 futures slipped 5 points following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EST: U.S. October Producer Price Index was expected to increase 0.1% versus a gain of 0.5% […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday November 14th Index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 49 points at 8:35 AM EST. Index futures were sharply higher following release of the U.S. October Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase 0.1% versus a gain of 0.4% in September. Actual was […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday November 13th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 5 points at 8:30 AM EST. Boeing advanced $7.36 to $204.01 after announcing sale of ninety 777 aircraft to Emirates for $52 billion. Regions Financial added $0.10 to $15.22 after Odeon Capital upgraded the stock from […]