Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday August 8th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 33 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures were unchanged following release of the U.S. June Trade Balance at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a deficit of $65.70 billion versus a deficit of $69.00 billion in […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday August 4th Index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 8 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures were unchanged following release of July Non-farm Payrolls released at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus calls for an increase of 184,000 versus a gain of 209,000 in June. Actual was an […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday August 3rd U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 18 points at 8:35 AM EDT Index futures were unchanged following release of U.S. second quarter Non-farm Productivity at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase of 1.1% versus a drop of 2.1% in the first […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday August 2nd Equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 26 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Index futures moved lower overnight after Fitch downgraded the U.S. long term credit rating from AAA to AA+ Advanced Micro Devices gained $4.97 to $122.57 after reporting higher than consensus quarterly […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday August 1st U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 Index was down 19 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Republic Services added $0.64 to $151.75 after reporting higher than consensus second quarter results. The company also offered positive guidance. Pfizer dropped $0.32 to $35.74 after reporting less than consensus […]