Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday August 22nd U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 25 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Zoom gained $2.48 to $69.75 after reporting higher than consensus second quarter earnings. The company also raised guidance. Kenvue, a recent spin off from Pfizer, added $0.15 to $23.05 on […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday August 21st U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 21 points in pre-opening trade. Palo Alto gained $25.34 to $235.02 after reporting higher than consensus quarterly results. Hecla Mining dropped $0.14 to $4.44 following a mine shaft collapse at its Lucky Friday mine in Idaho. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday August 18th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 29 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Applied Materials gained $2.41 to $140.00 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal third quarter results. The company also offered positive fourth quarter guidance. Ross Stores added $6.13 to 119.19 after […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday August 17th Equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 10 points at 8:35 AM EDT Index futures were unchanged following release of the August Philly Fed Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a further drop to -13.5 from -10.0 in July. Actual was an increase […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday August 16th Equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 1 point at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures were unchanged following release of the July U.S. Housing Starts report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase of 1.450 million units versus 1.414 million units in June. […]