Pre-opening Comments for Monday August 8th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 22 points in pre-opening trade. Barrick Gold slipped $0.12 to US$20.17 after reporting less than consensus second quarter revenues and earnings. Pfizer was unchanged at $49.27 following news of its acquisition of Global Blood Therapeutics for […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday August 5th   U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 29 points in pre-opening trade. U.S. equity index futures moved lower following release of the July Employment Report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a drop to 250,000 from upwardly revised 398,000 in June. Actual […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday August 4th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 6 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for the June Trade Deficit was $82.2 billion versus $85.6 billion in May. Actual was $79.6 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday August 3rd U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 24 points in pre-opening trade. Starbucks added $1.98 to $85.69 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal third quarter revenues and earnings. Advanced Micro Devices dropped $6.28 to $93.01 after lowering third quarter guidance below consensus estimates. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday August 2nd U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 Index was down 25 points in pre-opening trade. Pinterest advanced $4.23 to $24.22 after the company released encouraging second quarter results. Elliot Management, an activist investor confirmed recent purchases in the company. Mosaic dropped $1.63 to $49.76 after reporting […]