Pre-opening Comments for Friday February 21st U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 3 points at 8:30 AM EST. Newmont Mining added $1.06 to $49.15 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter revenues. Floor & Décor advanced $11.08 to $103.92 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter earnings. The […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday February 20th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 18 points at 8:35 AM EST. S&P 500 futures were unchanged following release of the February Philly Fed Manufacturing Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a drop to 13.2 from 44.3 in January. Actual was […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday February 19th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 12 points at 8:35 AM EST S&P 500 futures were unchanged following release of U.S. January Housing Starts at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a drop to 1.370 million units from 1.499 million units in December. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday February 18th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 23 points at 8:35 AM EST. The Canadian Dollar added 0.04 to US70.42 cents following release of Canada’s January Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was unchanged versus a 0.4% drop in December. Actual […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday February 14th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 5 points at 8:35 AM EST. S&P 500 futures recovered 2 points following release of January U.S. Retail Sales at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus called for s 0.2% drop versus a gain of 0.4% in December. […]