Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday October 1st U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 28 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Futures responded to the shutdown of U.S. federal government services at midnight last night. Nike added $0.91 to $70.70 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal first quarter results. Lithium America […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday September 30th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 9 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Index futures responded to failure by Congress to reach an agreement prior to October 1st to continue funding government operations. Wolfspeed advanced $3.76 to $25.86 after emerging from Chapter 11 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday September 29th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 32 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Gold futures gained $39.40 to $3,848.00 per ounce in response to a weaker U.S. Dollar and to .U.S. government shutdown fears. Novo Nordisk dropped $1.84 to $53.77 after Morgan Stanley […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday September 26th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were 23 ponts at 8:35 AM EDT S&P 500 futures added 13 points following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for August PCE Price Index was a 0.3% increase versus a 0.2% increase in July. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday September 25th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 27 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures slipped 2 points following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for updated U.S. annualized second quarter real GDP report was unchanged at a 3.3% […]