Pre-opening Comments for Monday November 4th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 5 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Nvidia added $2.93 to $138.30 on news that the stock will join the Dow Jones Industrial Average at the opening of trade on November 8th. Nvidia will replace Intel. Intel […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday November 1st   U.S equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 26 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures added 5 points following release of the October Employment Report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for Non-farm Payrolls was 100,000 versus 254,000 in September. Actual was […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday October 31st 2024 U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 37 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures slipped 3 points following release of September U.S. Personal Income at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a 0.4% increase versus a 0.2% gain in August. Actual […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday October 30th U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged at 8:35 AM EDT Index futures were unchanged following release of third quarter GDP at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus calls for a 3.1% annualized growth rate versus a 3.0% growth rate in the second quarter. Actual […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday October 29th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 8 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Ford dropped $0.62 to $10.75 after reporting less than consensus third quarter results. VF Corp advanced $3.72 to $20.75 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal second quarter results. Crane added […]