Pre-opening Comments for Monday July 27th U.S. equity futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 61 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures responded to an agreed halt in military activity between the U.S. and Iran. WTI Crude Oil dropped $7.07 to $83.44 per barrel S&P 500 futures were unchanged following release […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday July 24th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 21 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Intel added $7.09 to $100.23 after reporting higher than consensus second quarter results. Oracle advanced $3.96 to $124.00 after the company signed a 10 year contract to supply services to […]

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. […]