Pre-opening Comments for Thursday August 28th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 2 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures added 5 points following an updated release of second quarter GDP. Consensus was unchanged at a 3.0% gain versus a 0.5% drop in the first quarter. Actual […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday August 27th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 2 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Royal Bank is expected to open higher after reporting higher than consensus fiscal third quarter revenues and earnings. Okta advanced $5.55 to $97.11 after reporting higher than consensus second quarter […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday August 26th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 5 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 Index recovered 2 points following release of July Durable Goods Orders at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a 4.1% drop versus a 9.4% drop in June. Actual was […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday August 25th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 21 points at 8:30 AM EDT. JDE Peet advanced $4.60 to $31.14 and Keurig Dr. Pepper dropped $1.36 to $33.77 after Keurig Dr. Pepper offered to purchase JDE Peet for $18 billion cash. PDD Holdings added […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday August 22nd U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 17 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Federal Reserve Chairman Powell is scheduled to speak at 10:00 AM EDT at the Jackson Hole Symposium. Ross Stores added $2.98 to $148.60 after reporting higher than consensus second quarter […]