Pre-opening Comments for Monday February 13th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 9 points in pre-opening trade. Caterpillar dropped $3.37 to $244.30 after Baird downgraded the stock from Outperform to Neutral. Check Point Software added $6.02 to $133.18 after reporting higher than consensus quarterly results. Five Below gained […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday February 10th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 19 points in pre-opening trade. The Canadian Dollar added US0.30 to 74.73 cents after release of Canada’s January employment report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase of 15,000 versus a gain of 104,000 in […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday February 9th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 27 points in pre-opening trade. Walt Disney gained $6.03 to $117.81 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal first quarter revenues and earnings. The company also announced a planned reduction in employees. MGM International added $2.25 to […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday February 8th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 19 points in pre-opening trade. Enphase advanced $16.35 to $244.81 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter earnings. The company also offered positive guidance. Prudential Financial dropped $2.81 to $99.99 after reporting a fourth quarter loss. […]

  Editor’s Note: No pre-opening comment today   Technical Notes Platinum ETN $PPLT moved below intermediate support at $90.10.   Trader’s Corner Equity Indices and Related ETFs Daily Seasonal/Technical Equity Trends for Feb.6th 2023 Green: Increase from previous day Red: Decrease from previous day   Commodities Daily Seasonal/Technical Commodities Trends for Feb.6th 2023 Green: Increase […]