Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday October 31st U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 8 points at 8:35 AM EDT. The Canadian Dollar slipped 0.06 to US72.26 cents following release of Canada’s August GDP at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase of 0.1% versus no change in July. Actual […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday October 30th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 24 points at 8:30 AM EDT. McDonald’s gained $5.79 to $261.55 after reporting higher than consensus third quarter results. Krispy Kreme slipped $0.18 to $12.68 after Truist downgraded the stock from Buy to Hold. Newell Brands […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday October 27th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 18 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 Index futures added 7 points following release of the September Core PCE Price Index. Consensus was an increase of 0.3% versus a gain of 0.1% in August. Actual […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday October 26th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 18 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures recovered 10 points following release of preliminary third quarter GDP at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an annualized increase of 4.7% .Actual was an increase of 4.9%. IBM […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday October 25th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 9 points at 8:30 AM EDT. The Bank of Canada will update strategy on its lending rate to Canada’s banks at 10:00 AM EDT Microsoft advanced $14.88 to $345.31 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal first […]