Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday September 18th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 7 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures added 2 points following release of the August Housing Starts report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase to 1.250 million units from 1.238 million units […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday September 17th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 21 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures slipped 2 points following release of U.S. August Retail Sales at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a 0.2% increase versus a 1.0% gain in July. Actual was […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday September 16th   U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 future were down 5 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures were unchanged following release of the September Empire State Manufacturing Survey at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an improvement to -3.90 from -4.70 in August. Actual […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday September 13th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 10 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Adobe dropped $53.55 to $533.00 after offering fiscal fourth quarter guidance below consensus. Keurig Dr. Pepper added $0.95 to $38.00 after raising its quarterly dividend by 7%. RH advanced $48.26 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday September 12th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 5 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures dropped 8 points following release of the U.S. August Producer Price Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a 0.2% increase versus a 0.1% gain in July. […]