Pre-opening Comments for Monday December 12th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 11 points in pre-opening trade. Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Mackem is scheduled to speak at 3:40 PM EST. Coupa Software jumped $13.04 to $75.13 after Thema Bravo offered to acquire the company for $81.00 per […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday December 9th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 11 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures moved lower following release of the November Producer Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase 0.2% versus a gain of 0.2% in October. Actual was an […]

  Editor’s Note: No pre-opening comment today Technical Notes Oil Services ETF $OIH moved below $284.52 completing a double top pattern. AT&T an S&P 100 stock moved above $19.39 extending an intermediate uptrend. PayPal a NASDAQ 100 stock moved below $71.17 extending an intermediate downtrend. Cenovus a TSX 60 stock moved below $25.03 completing a […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday December 7th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 15 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures eased 3 points following release of revised third quarter U.S. Non-farm Productivity at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase of 0.7% versus a gain of 0.3% in the […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday December 6th U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged in pre-opening trade. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the U.S October Trade Report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a deficit of $79.90 billion versus a deficit of $73.30 billion in September. Actual […]