Pre-opening Comments for Friday August 16th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 26 points at 8:35 AM EDT S&P 500 futures dropped 9 points following release of U.S. July Housing Starts report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a drop to 1.350 million units from 1.363 million units […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday August 15th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 41 points at 8:35 AM EDT S&P 500 futures added 29 points following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for U.S. July Retail sales was a 0.4% increase versus no change in June. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday August 14th U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 4 points at 8:35 AM EDT The S&P 500 Index dropped 8 points following release of the July U.S. Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a 0.2% increase versus a decline of 0.1% […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday August 13th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 33 points at 8:35 AM EDT S&P 500 futures gained 14 points following release of the U.S. July Producer Price Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase of 0.2% versus a gain of 0.2% […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday August 12th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 18 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Keycorp added $1.85 to $16.46 and Bank of Nova Scotia gained $0.55 to US$46.92 after Bank of Nova Scotia purchased a 14.9% interest in Keycorp for US$2.8 billion. U.S. food […]