Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday January 13th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures advanced 15 points at 8:35 AM EST S&P 500 futures advanced 24 points following release of the December U.S. Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a 0.3% increase versus a 0.3% increase in November. Actual […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday January 12th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 36 points at 8:30 AM EST. Index futures moved lower after the U.S. Justice Department announced a criminal investigation on cost overruns for renovation of the Federal Reserve’s headquarters building. Gold advanced $90.00 to an all-time […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday January 9th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 22 points at 8:35 AM EST. S&P 500 futures added 9 points following release of the U.S. December Employment Report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a gain of 73,000 versus a gain of 64,000 in […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday January 8th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 9 points at 8:35 AM EST. S&P 500 futures slipped 3 points following release of the U.S. October Trade Deficit at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was $58.4 billion versus $52.8 billion in September. Actual was $29.4 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday January 7th U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 1 point at 8:30 AM EST Warner Brothers Discovery slipped $0.25 to $28.22 after the company rejected Paramount’s amended bid to acquire the company. Gamestop added $0.58 to $21.24 after the company approved a performance based […]