Pre-opening Comments for Monday September 22nd U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 23 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Gold advanced $40.55 to another all-time high $3,726.33 per ounce. Metsera (MTSR) advanced $19.70 to $53.02 after Pfizer reported is buying the company for $4.9 billion. Pfizer (PFE) added $0.34 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday September 19th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 11 points at 8:30AM EDT. Today is Quadruple Witching Day, the last trade day for September listed options, futures and futures options. FedEx advanced $16.76 to $243.26 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal first quarter results […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday September 18th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 47 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures slipped 5 points following release of the September Philly Fed Manufacturing Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus called for an improvement to 2.0 from a 0.3 drop […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday September 17th U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 2 points at 8:30 AM EDT. U.S. equity market focus today is on release of the FOMC decision on U.S. interest rates at 2:00 PM EDT. Consensus calls for a 0.25% reduction to 4.25% in the […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday September 16th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 8 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures added 1 point following release of August U.S. Retail Sales at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a 0.3% increase versus a 0.5% gain in July. Actual was […]