Pre-opening Comments for Monday September 23rd U.S. equity index futures were high er this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 10 points at 8:30 AM EDT. WTI crude oil gained $0.10 to $71.10 per barrel in response to escalating conflicts in the Middle East. Constellation Energy added another $7.62 to $262.60 following news that the […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday September 20th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 7 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Today is “triple witching day” when volumes on North American exchanges are well above average. The Canadian Dollar was unchanged at US73.79 cents following release of Canada’s July Retail Sales […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday September 18th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 7 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures added 2 points following release of the August Housing Starts report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase to 1.250 million units from 1.238 million units […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday September 17th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 21 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures slipped 2 points following release of U.S. August Retail Sales at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a 0.2% increase versus a 1.0% gain in July. Actual was […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday September 16th   U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 future were down 5 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures were unchanged following release of the September Empire State Manufacturing Survey at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an improvement to -3.90 from -4.70 in August. Actual […]