Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday October 4th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 59 points in pre-opening trade. Bank of New York Mellon added $1.04 to $40.70 after Citigroup upgraded the stock from Neutral to Buy. Gilead gained $2.00 to $64.72 after JP Morgan upgraded the stock from Neutral […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday October 3rd U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 22 points in pre-opening trade. Crude oil gained $2.35 to $82.84 on reports that OPEC + will reduce production by one million barrels per day when they meet this Wednesday. Celanese dropped $0.74 to $90.60 after […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday September 29th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning at 7:30 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures were down 30 points in pre-opening trade.. Next estimate of U.S. annualized second quarter real GDP is scheduled for release at 8:30 AM EDT is expected to remain unchanged at -0.6%. Starbucks added $0.19 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday September 28th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 6 points in pre-opening trade. Apple dropped $5.75 to $146.01 after reducing production plans for its Apple 14 iPhone. BlackBerry dropped $0.15 to US$4.94 after reporting lower than consensus fiscal second quarter earnings. Progress Software dropped […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday September 27th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 49 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the August Durable Goods Orders report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus estimate was a drop of 0.5% versus a decline of 0.1% in […]