Pre-opening Comments for Thursday July 20th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 10 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures were unchanged following release of the July Philly Fed Manufacturing Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an improvement to -9.7 from -13.7 in June. Actual was -13.5. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday July 19th 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 U.S. June Housing Starts at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a drop to 1,450,000 units from revised 1,559,000 units in May. Actual was a drop […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday July 18th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 3 points at 8:35 AM EDT Index futures were unchanged following release of June U.S. Retail Sales at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a gain of 0.2% versus a gain of 0.3% in May. Actual was […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday July 17th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 5 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures were unchanged following release of the July Empire State manufacturing survey at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was unchanged versus a gain of 6.6 in June. Actual was a […]

Editor’s Note: Don Vialoux offers an outlook on North American equity markets as a guest on “Wolf on Bay Street” available on Saturday at 7:00 PM EDT on Corus radio (Channel 640 in Toronto)   Pre-opening Comments for Friday July 14th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 7 […]