Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday September 20th Equity Index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 30 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the August U.S. Housing Starts report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a slip to 1.440 million units from 1.446 million units in July. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday September 19th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 33 points in pre-opening trade. AutoZone added $1.36 to $2,167.01 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal fourth quarter revenues and earnings. Netflix gained $3.82 to $243.95 after Oppenheimer upgraded the stock to Buy. Take Two Interactive […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday September 16th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 41 points in pre-opening trade. Volatility and volume on U.S. equity markets are expected to be higher than average. Today is the last trade day for September index and equity options and futures. FedEx plunged $30.86 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday September 15th U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 1 point at 7:30 AM EDT. A tentative labour agreement between railway companies and their unions was reached this morning. A series of U.S. economic news is scheduled to be released before the opening today August […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday September 14th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 7 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the U.S. August Producer Price Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a decrease of 0.1% versus a decline of 0.5% in July. […]