Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday February 28th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 9 points in pre-opening trade. The Canadian Dollar dipped 0.11 to US73.61 cents following release of Canada’s Gross Domestic Product report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for December was an increase of 0.1% versus a gain […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday February 27th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 22 points in pre-opening comments. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the January Durable Goods Order report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a drop of 4.0% versus a gain of 5.6% in December. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday February 24th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 48 points in pre-opening trade. S&P 500 Index futures dropped 20 points following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EST: January Personal Income was expected to increase 0.9% versus a gain of 0.2% in December. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday February 23rd U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 22 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures moved lower following release of second estimate of fourth quarter real GDP at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was unchanged at an annual growth rate of 2.9%. Actual was growth […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday February 22nd U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 8 points in pre-opening trade. TJX companies added $0.39 to $79.21 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter revenues. Rio Tinto dropped $0.38 to $75.00 after reporting less than consensus fourth quarter earnings. Walmart slipped $0.18 […]