Pre-opening Comments for Thursday May 18th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 5 points at 9:35 AM EDT. Index futures were unchanged following release of the May Philly Fed Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an improvement to -20.0 from -31.3 in April. Actual was an improvement […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday May 17th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 11 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures were unchanged following release of the April U.S. Housing Starts Report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a slip to 1.400 million units from 1.4200 units in March. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday May 16th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 9 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures moved lower following release of April U.S. Retail Sales at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase of 0.7% versus a drop of 0.6% in March. Actual was […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday May 15th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 9 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures weakened following release of the May Empire State Manufacturing Survey at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a drop to -2.00 from +10.80 in June. Actual was a drop […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday May 12th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 10 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Air Canada (AC Cdn$21.01) is expected to open higher after reporting higher than consensus first quarter revenues and earnings. Twillo dropped $0.73 to $46.75 after Mizuho downgraded the stock from […]