Pre-opening Comments for Thursday June 15th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 17 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Equity index futures were unchanged following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for May Retail Sales was a drop of 0.1% versus a gain of 0.4% in […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday June 14th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 8 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures were unchanged following release of the May U.S. Producer Price Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a drop of 0.1% versus a gain of 0.2% in April. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday June 13th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 9 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures moved higher following release of the May U.S. Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EDT Consensus was an increase 0.1% versus a gain of 0.4% in April. Actual […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday June 12th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 9 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Illumina dropped $2.19 to $200.53 after the company’s Chief Executive Officer resigned. Chinook Therapeutics jumped $15.88 to $39.89 after Novartis agreed to purchase the company for $40 per share. Value […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday June 9th U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged at 8:35 AM EDT. The Canadian Dollar dropped 0.13 to US74.88 cents following release of Canada’s May Employment report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus called for a gain of 21,300 employees versus an increase of 41,400 […]