Pre-opening Comments for Monday December 11th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 3 points at 8:30 AM EST. Macy’s jumped $3.01 to $20.40 after Arkhouse Management and Brigade Capital Management offered to acquire the company for $21 per share. Cigna advanced $34.75 to $293.55 after the company raised […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday December 8th Equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 20 points at 8:35 AM EST Index futures dropped 12 points following release of the November Employment report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for November Non-farm Payrolls was an increase to 180,000 from 150,000 in October. Actual […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday December 7th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 5 points at 8:30 AM EST. GameStop dropped $0.41 to $14.43 after reporting less than consensus third quarter revenues. Chewy fell $1.76 to $17.59 after reporting a third quarter loss. Braze advanced $6.88 to $63.00 after […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday December 6th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 15 points at 8:35 AM EST U.S. equity index futures added 4 points following release of the U.S. Trade Deficit at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was $64.10 billion, an increase from $61.50 billion in September. Actual […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday December 5th 2023 U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 12 points at 8:30 AM EST. CVS Health gained $1.92 to $70.40 after offering positive fourth quarter 2023 and 2024 guidance. The company also raised its quarterly dividend by 10%. JM Smucker added $3.37 to […]