Pre-opening Comments for Thursday August 10th Equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures added 25 points at 8:35 AM Index futures were unchanged following release of U.S. July Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase 0.2% versus a gain of 0.2% in June. Actual was an increase of […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday August 9th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 7 points in pre-opening trade. IAC dropped $5.98 to $61.10 after reporting lower than consensus second quarter revenues. ZipRecruiter fell $2.13 to $15.26 after lowering third quarter revenue guidance. Toast gained $2.56 to $22.78 after reporting […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday August 8th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 33 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures were unchanged following release of the U.S. June Trade Balance at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a deficit of $65.70 billion versus a deficit of $69.00 billion in […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday August 4th 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 July Non-farm Payrolls released at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus calls for an increase of 184,000 versus a gain of 209,000 in June. Actual was an […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday August 3rd U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 18 points at 8:35 AM EDT Index futures were unchanged following release of U.S. second quarter Non-farm Productivity at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase of 1.1% versus a drop of 2.1% in the first […]