Pre-opening Comments for Thursday September 7th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 25 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Apple dropped $6.79 to $182.91 after the Chinese government prohibited use of iPhones by its employees. BlackBerry dropped $0.44 to US$5.10 after reporting less than consensus fiscal second quarter results. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday September 6th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 13 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures were unchanged following release of the July U.S. Trade report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a deficit of $65.50 billion versus a deficit of $65.80 billion in […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday September 5th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 11 points at 8:30 EDT. Oracle added $1.78 to $122.71 after Barclay’s upgraded the stock to Outperform. American Express gained $0.68 to $160.30 after Royal Bank upgraded the stock to Outperform. Domino’s Pizza advanced $4.86 to […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday September 1st U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures advanced 29 points at 8:35 AM EDT Index futures gained 15 points following release of the U.S. August Employment Report at 8:30 AM EDT. Non-farm Payrolls were expected to increase 170,000 versus a gain of 187,000 in July. […]