Pre-opening Comments for Friday November 18th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 33 points in pre-opening trade. Today is the last trade date for November index and stock options and futures. Volume is expected to be higher than average. Gap Stores $GPS advanced $1.20 to $13.91 after reporting […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday November 17th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 26 points at 7:30 AM EST. U.S. equity index futures were waiting for economic news at 8:30 AM EST. October U.S. Housing Starts are expected to slip to 1.410 million units from 1.439 million units in […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday November 16th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 6 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures improved slightly following release of the October U.S. Retail Sales report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase of 0.8%. Actual was an increase of 1.3%. Excluding auto […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday November 15th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 77 points in pre-opening trade. Equity index futures moved higher following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EST. October Producer Price Index was expected to increase 0.4% versus a gain of 0.4% in September. Actual […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday November 14th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 11 points in pre-opening trade. Bank of America dropped $0.38 to $38.03 after Citigroup downgraded the stock from Buy to Neutral. Biogen gained $16.32 to $305.77 on renewed hopes for approval of its Alzheimer treatment. Teva […]