Pre-opening Comments for Thursday December 15th U.S. equity index futures at 7:30 AM EST were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 39 points in pre-opening trade. Lots of U.S. economic news is released this morning: December Empire State Manufacturing Survey released at 8:30 AM EST is expected to drop 6.50% versus a gain […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday December 14th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 6 points in pre-opening trade. FOMC statement on interest rates is released at 2:00 PM EST. Press conference with Federal Reserve chairman Powell is scheduled at 2:30 PM EST. Consensus is that the Fed Fund Rate […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday December 13th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 106 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures moved higher following release of the November Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. November CPI was expected to increase 0.3% versus a gain of 0.4% in October. Actual […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday December 12th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 11 points in pre-opening trade. Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Mackem is scheduled to speak at 3:40 PM EST. Coupa Software jumped $13.04 to $75.13 after Thema Bravo offered to acquire the company for $81.00 per […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday December 9th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 11 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures moved lower following release of the November Producer Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase 0.2% versus a gain of 0.2% in October. Actual was an […]