Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday February 7th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 14 points at 8:35 AM EST Index futures were unchanged following release of the December U.S. Trade Report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a deficit of $62.20 billion versus a downwardly revised deficit of $61.9 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday February 6th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 4 points at 8:30 AM EST. Palantir added $2.66 to $19.38 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter revenues. Spotify gained $14.24 to $237.43 after the company reported a narrower than consensus fourth quarter loss. Eli […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday February 5th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 12 points at 8:30 AM EST. Estee Lauder advanced $24.69 to $158.81 after fiscal second quarter revenues and earnings exceeded consensus estimates. McDonald’s slipped $1.05 to $296.00 after reporting less than consensus fourth quarter revenues. Idexx […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday February 2nd U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 8 points at 8:35 AM EST. Index futures dropped 20 points following release of the January Employment Report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for January Non-farm Payrolls was 185,000 versus upwardly revised 333,000 in December. Actual […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday February 1st U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 18 points at 8:30 AM EST. C H Robinson dropped $5.09 to $79.00 after reporting lower than consensus fourth quarter earnings. QUAL COMM dropped $1.51 to $147.00 despite reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter revenues. MetLife […]