Pre-opening Comments for Thursday October 5th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 12 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures dropped 8 points following release of the U.S. August Trade Report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a deficit of $65.10 billion versus a deficit of $65.00 billion […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday October 4th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 10 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Economic focus today is on the September ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI released at 10:00 AM EDT. Consensus calls for a slip to 54.0 from 54.5 in August. Cal-Maine dropped $6.00 to […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday October 3rd U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 23 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Point Biopharma jumped $5.67 to $12.35 after Eli Lilly offered to purchase the company at $12.50 per share. Value of the offer is $1.4 billion. McCormick dropped $2.32 to $72.40 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday October 2nd U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 7 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Nvidia advanced $5.21 to $440.20 after Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock to its Conviction List. FedEx added $10.7 to $265.79 after Susquehanna included the stock on its Positive List. Toast […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday September 29th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 25 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures were unchanged following release of U.S. economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for the August PCE Price Index was an increase of 0.5% versus a gain of […]