Pre-opening Comments for Thursday October 6th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures at 7:30 AM EDT were down 18 points. Costco added $2.28 to $482.60 after announcing a sales gain in September of 10.1%. Ford gained $0.04 to $12.55 after announcing an increase in the price of its electric F150 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday October 5th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 32 points in pre-opening trade Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the August U.S. Trade report. At 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a deficit of $68.00 billion versus a deficit of $70.70 billion in […]

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 […]