Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday September 11th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 27 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures dropped 21 points following release of the U.S. August Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase of 0.2% versus a gain of 0.2% […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday September 10th   U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures added 13 points at 8:30 AM EDT Oracle gained $12.92 to $152.81 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal first quarter revenues and earnings. Apple dropped $2.53 to $218.38 after losing a tax case to the European Union. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday September 6th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 16 points at 8:30 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures recovered 9 points following release of the U.S. August Employment Report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for August Non-farm Payrolls was 164,000 versus 114,000 in July. Actual […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 6 points at 8:35 AM EDT Hewlett Packard Enterprises dropped $0.78 to $17.99 after reporting less than consensus third quarter earnings. Verint Systems dropped $4.07 to $25.80 after reporting less than consensus quarterly results. JetBlue added $0.19 to […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday September 4th   U.S. equity futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 24 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures dropped 3 points following release of the July Trade report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a deficit of $79.10 billion versus a deficit of $73.10 billion […]