Pre-opening Comments for Monday September 11th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 22 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Hostess Foods advanced $4.19 to an all-time high at $32.30 on news that Smucker is close to a deal to buy the company. Tesla advanced $15.83 to $264.33 after Morgan […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday September 8th U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged at 8:35 AM EDT The Canadian Dollar added 0.13 to 73.46 following release of Canada’s August Employment Report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase in employment of 20,000 versus a decline of 6,400 in […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday September 7th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 25 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Apple dropped $6.79 to $182.91 after the Chinese government prohibited use of iPhones by its employees. BlackBerry dropped $0.44 to US$5.10 after reporting less than consensus fiscal second quarter results. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday September 6th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 13 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures were unchanged following release of the July U.S. Trade report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a deficit of $65.50 billion versus a deficit of $65.80 billion in […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday September 5th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 11 points at 8:30 EDT. Oracle added $1.78 to $122.71 after Barclay’s upgraded the stock to Outperform. American Express gained $0.68 to $160.30 after Royal Bank upgraded the stock to Outperform. Domino’s Pizza advanced $4.86 to […]