Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday January 9th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 23 points at 8:35 AM EST. S&P 500 futures slipped 2 points following release of the November U.S. Trade Deficit report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was $64.50 billion versus $64.30 billion in October. Actual was […]

Tech Talk for Monday January 8th 2024 Pre-opening Comments for Monday January 8th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were 2 points at 8:30 AM EST. Boeing dropped $19.59 to $229.49 after its 737 Max 9 aircrafts were grounded by the FAA following a blow out of a panel on […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday January 5th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 23 points at 8:35 AM EST. Index futures dropped 13 points following release of the U.S. December employment report at 8:30 AM EST. December Non-farm Payrolls were expected to drop to 158,000 from a revised 173,000 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday January 4th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 3 points at 8:30 AM EST Cal-Maine Foods dropped $3.66 to 51.29 after reporting lower second quarter results AbbVie dropped $2.31 to $158.31 after CVS Health announced that it will substitute AbbVie’s drug, Humira with comparable […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday January 3rd U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 17 points at 8:30 AM EST. Exxon Mobil slipped $0.48 to $101.88 after Mizuho downgraded the stock from Buy to Neutral. Occidental Petroleum dropped $0.35 to $59.70 after Mizuho downgraded the stock from Buy to Neutral. […]