Pre-opening Comments for Monday August 18th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 5 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Air Canada added $0.11 to $19.77 despite suspending financial guidance. A strike by its flight attendants continues. The Nikkei Average added 729.05 points to an all-time high at 43,378.31surpassing a […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday August 15th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 7 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures added 2 points following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for the August Empire State Manufacturing Survey was a drop to 1.8 from 5.5 […]

Pre-opening Comments for August 14th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down32 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 Index futures dropped 32 points following release of the U.S. July Producer Price Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a 0.2% increase versus no change in June. Actual was […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday August 13th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 14 points at 8:30 AM EDT. CAE (Price: Cdn$40.80) is expected to open higher after reporting higher fiscal first quarter revenues. Cava dropped $15.90 to $68.60 after reporting less than consensus second quarter revenues. The company […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday August 12th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 33 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures advanced 30 points following release of the U.S. July Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a 0.2% increase versus a 0.3% increase in June. […]