Pre-opening Comments for Thursday March 12th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 46 points at 8:35 AM EST. Index futures responded to higher crude oil prices in overnight trading. WTI crude added $4.50 to $91.73 after Iran ramped up infrastructure attacks Gulf nations. S&P 500 futures dropped 5 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday March 11th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 13 points at 8:35 AM EST. S&P 500 futures dropped 14 points following release of the February U.S. Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a 0.3% increase versus a 0.2% increase in January. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday March 10th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 24 points at 8:30 AM EST Hewlett Packard Enterprises (HPE) added $0.19 to $22.00 after the company issued positive guidance. Vertex (VRTX) advanced $29.13 to $490.00 after announcing positive results from a Phase 3 trial. Novo […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday March 9th U.S. equity index futures were sharply lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 58 points at 8:30 AM EST. Index futures responded to a spike in crude oil prices. West Texas Crude Oil jumped $10.00 to a 4 year high at $101.27 per barrel in response to production […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday March 6th 2026 U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 50 points at 8:35 AM EST. S&P 500 futures dropped 14 points following release of February Employment Report at 8:30 AM EST. February Non-farm Payrolls were expected to drop to 54,000 from 130,000 in January. […]