Pre-opening Comments for Thursday July 23rd U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 59 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Alphabet (GOOG) dropped $14.17 to $327.74 after its second quarter report included plans for higher than consensus cost increases IBM (IBM) added $6.83 to $212.60 after issuing positive third quarter […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday July 22nd U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 30 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Weakness in the Index is in response to higher crude oil prices: WTI crude oil advanced $2.66 to $87.00 per barrel in pre-opening trade Super Micro Computer (SMCI) advanced $4.85 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday July 21st U.S. equity indices were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 27 points at 8: 30 AM EDT The Canadian Dollar dropped US 0.08 to 71.03 after President Trump announced that a 50% tariff will be imposed on certain Canadian goods to go into effect in 30 days. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday July 20th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 31 points at 8:35 AM EDT after Iran signaled openness to talks with the U.S. The Canadian Dollar was unchanged at US71.18 cents following release of Canada’s June Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EDT. June […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday July 17th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 71 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Notably weaker was the NASDAQ Composite Index, down 560 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures dropped 3 points following release of June U.S. Housing Starts at 8:30 AM […]