Pre-opening Comments for Friday August 2nd U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 98 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures dropped 41 points following release of the U.S. July Employment Report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for July Non-farm Payrolls was a drop to 185,000 from a […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday August 1st U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 30 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures were unchanged following release of U.S. second quarter Non-farm Productivity at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a 1.5% increase versus a gain of 0.2% in the first […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday July 31st U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 65 points at 8:35 AM EDT. The Canadian Dollar added 0.04 to US72.38 cents following release of Canada’s May GDP report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase of 0.1% versus a gain of 0.3% […]

Pre-opening Comment for Tuesday July 30th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 8 points at 8:30 AM EDT. F5 advanced $22.66 to $200.25 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal third quarter earnings. The company also raised fourth quarter guidance. Symbotic dropped $6.19 to $29.44 after reporting less than […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday July 29th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 28 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Abbott Labs dropped $6.40 to $98.84 after losing litigation on its infant formula. Alibaba added $2.17 to $78.70 after reports that the company has raised fees. McDonald’s added $2.25 to […]