Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday February 19th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 12 points at 8:35 AM EST S&P 500 futures were unchanged following release of U.S. January Housing Starts at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a drop to 1.370 million units from 1.499 million units in December. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday February 18th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 23 points at 8:35 AM EST. The Canadian Dollar added 0.04 to US70.42 cents following release of Canada’s January Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was unchanged versus a 0.4% drop in December. Actual […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday February 14th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 5 points at 8:35 AM EST. S&P 500 futures recovered 2 points following release of January U.S. Retail Sales at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus called for s 0.2% drop versus a gain of 0.4% in December. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday February 13th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 7 points at 8:35 AM EST. S&P 500 futures added 11 points following release of the January Producer Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a 0.3% gain versus a 0.2% gain in December. Actual […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday February 12th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 64 points at 8:35 AM EST. S&P 500 futures dropped 64 points following release of the January U.S. Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a 0.3% increase versus a 0.4% gain in December. […]