Pre-opening Comments for Thursday June 18th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 60 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Trading in U.S. equities is expected to be lower than average today prior to the Juneteenth holiday tomorrow. S&P 500 futures were unchanged following release of the June Philadelphia Fed […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday June 17th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 6 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Focus today is on the FOMC meeting headed by its new chairman, Kevin Warsch. Results of the meeting are released at 2:00 AM EDT followed by comments by Kevin Warsch […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday June 16th U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures added 2 points following release of May U.S. Housing Starts at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus called for a slip in starts to 1.43 million units versus 1.47 million units […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday June 15th Equity Indices and related futures around the world were higher this morning following news that Iran and U.S./Israel have reached a temporary agreement to stop the war and to re-open the Strait of Hormuz. S&P 500 futures were up 90 points to 7,521.46 at 8:30 AM EDT. WTI Crude […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday June 12th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 30 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Adobe (ADBE) dropped $14.58 to $218.80 despite reporting higher than consensus second quarter results. Weakness was related to news that the company’s Chief Financial Officer is leaving. Lennar (LEN) dropped […]