Pre-opening Comments for Friday June 21st 2024 U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 11 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Today is “Quadruple Witching Day”, the last trade day for U.S. listed June equity and index options and futures. Volume and volatility in U.S. markets are expected to be […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday June 20th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 17 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures slipped 2 points following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for May U.S. Housing starts was an increase to 1.380 million units from 1.360 […]

  Financial markets in the U.S. are closed today in observance of Juneteenth.    Next Tech Talk report is to be released on Thursday, June 20th.

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday June 18th U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 1 point at 8:35 AM EDT. U.S. equity index futures were unchanged following release of May U.S. Retail Sales at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase of 0.2% versus revised down 0.2% in April. Actual […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday June 17th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 7 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 Index futures dropped 4 points following release of the June Empire State Manufacturing Survey at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus called for an improvement to -12.50 from -15.60 in […]