Pre-opening Comments for Thursday November 21st U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 31 points at 8:35 AM EST. S&P 500 futures added 8 points following release of the November Philly Fed Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was 6.3, down from 10.3 in October. Actual was -5.5 Nvidia […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday November 20th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 12 points at 8:30 AM EST. La-Z-Boy’s added $1.00 to $43.31 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal second quarter revenues and earnings. Verex gained $0.49 to $15.05 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal fourth quarter results. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday November 19th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 30 points at 8:35 AM EST. Futures responded to news that the U.S. approved the use of U.S. supplied weapons by Ukraine against Russia. S&P 500 futures dropped 8 points following release of the U.S October […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday November 18th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 6 points at 8:30 AM EST. Morgan Stanley raised its 2025 target price for the S&P 500 Index to 7,400. Tesla added $21.27 to $341.93 on news that the Trump team plans to create rules for […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday November 15th U.S. equity indices were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 34 points at 8:35 AM EST S&P 500 futures dropped another 3 points following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for October Retail Sales was a 0.3% increase versus a revised 0.8% gain in […]