Pre-opening Comments for Friday May 16th Equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 20 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures slipped 4 points following release of U.S. April Housing Starts at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase to 1.370 million units from 1.324 million units in March. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday May 15th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 18 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures recovered 7 points following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for April U.S. Producer Prices was a 0.3% increase versus a 0.4% gain in […]