Pre-opening Comments for Friday August 12th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 21 points in pre-opening trade. Illumina dropped $44.45 to $182.99 after reporting lower than consensus second quarter earnings. The company also lowered guidance. Blackrock added $1.95 to $730.60 after Deutsche Bank raised its target price from […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday August 11th U.S equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 22 points in pre-opening trade. U.S. equity index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the July U.S. Producer Price Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase of 0.2% versus a gain of 1.1% […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday August 10th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 60 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures moved higher following release of the U.S. July Consumer Price Index report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase of 0.2% versus a gain of 1.3% in June. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday August 9th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 14 points in pre-opening trade. Micron dropped $2.35 to $59.10 after lowering revenue guidance. Enbridge added $0.45 to Cdn$55.80 on news that Canada and the U.S. are making progress on negotiations to settle the Line 5 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday August 8th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 22 points in pre-opening trade. Barrick Gold slipped $0.12 to US$20.17 after reporting less than consensus second quarter revenues and earnings. Pfizer was unchanged at $49.27 following news of its acquisition of Global Blood Therapeutics for […]