Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday June 13th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 9 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures moved higher following release of the May U.S. Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EDT Consensus was an increase 0.1% versus a gain of 0.4% in April. Actual […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday June 12th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 9 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Illumina dropped $2.19 to $200.53 after the company’s Chief Executive Officer resigned. Chinook Therapeutics jumped $15.88 to $39.89 after Novartis agreed to purchase the company for $40 per share. Value […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday June 9th U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged at 8:35 AM EDT. The Canadian Dollar dropped 0.13 to US74.88 cents following release of Canada’s May Employment report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus called for a gain of 21,300 employees versus an increase of 41,400 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday June 8th U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged at 8:35 AM EDT. GameStop dropped $5.41 to $20.70 after the company’s CEO was fired. Cardinal Health added $0.18to $83.45 after the company raised its share buyback program by $3.5 billion. Semtech advanced $5.23 to $27.66 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday June 7th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 3 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the U.S. April Trade report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a deficit of $75.6 billion. Actual was a deficit of $74.6 […]