Pre-opening Comments for Monday February 5th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 12 points at 8:30 AM EST. Estee Lauder advanced $24.69 to $158.81 after fiscal second quarter revenues and earnings exceeded consensus estimates. McDonald’s slipped $1.05 to $296.00 after reporting less than consensus fourth quarter revenues. Idexx […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday February 2nd U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 8 points at 8:35 AM EST. Index futures dropped 20 points following release of the January Employment Report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for January Non-farm Payrolls was 185,000 versus upwardly revised 333,000 in December. Actual […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday February 1st U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 18 points at 8:30 AM EST. C H Robinson dropped $5.09 to $79.00 after reporting lower than consensus fourth quarter earnings. QUAL COMM dropped $1.51 to $147.00 despite reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter revenues. MetLife […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday January 31st U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 25 points at 8:35 AM EST. The Canadian Dollar added 0.08 to US74.56 cents following release of Canada’s November GDP report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase of 0.1% versus no change in October. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday January 30th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 10 points at 8:30 AM EST. F5 Networks gained $11.64 to $197.01 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal first quarter earnings. The company also offered encouraging fiscal second quarter guidance. Whirlpool dropped $4.81 to $112.98 after […]