Pre-opening Comments for Thursday September 29th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning at 7:30 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures were down 30 points in pre-opening trade.. Next estimate of U.S. annualized second quarter real GDP is scheduled for release at 8:30 AM EDT is expected to remain unchanged at -0.6%. Starbucks added $0.19 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday September 28th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 6 points in pre-opening trade. Apple dropped $5.75 to $146.01 after reducing production plans for its Apple 14 iPhone. BlackBerry dropped $0.15 to US$4.94 after reporting lower than consensus fiscal second quarter earnings. Progress Software dropped […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday September 27th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 49 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the August Durable Goods Orders report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus estimate was a drop of 0.5% versus a decline of 0.1% in […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday September 26th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 future were down 17 points in pre-opening trade. The British Pound dropped another 0.0145 to $1.0705 to an all-time low in overnight trading. Micron dropped $0.40 to $49.70 after Wedbush lowered its target price from $85 to $65. PG&E […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday September 23rd U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 45 points in pre-opening trade. The Canadian Dollar was virtually unchanged at US74.00 cents following release of Canada’s July Retail Sales. Consensus was a drop of 2.0%. Actual was a drop of 2.5%. WTI Crude oil […]