Pre-opening Comments for Thursday September 12th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 5 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures dropped 8 points following release of the U.S. August Producer Price Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a 0.2% increase versus a 0.1% gain in July. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday September 11th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 27 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures dropped 21 points following release of the U.S. August Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase of 0.2% versus a gain of 0.2% […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday September 10th   U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures added 13 points at 8:30 AM EDT Oracle gained $12.92 to $152.81 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal first quarter revenues and earnings. Apple dropped $2.53 to $218.38 after losing a tax case to the European Union. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday September 6th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 16 points at 8:30 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures recovered 9 points following release of the U.S. August Employment Report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for August Non-farm Payrolls was 164,000 versus 114,000 in July. Actual […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 6 points at 8:35 AM EDT Hewlett Packard Enterprises dropped $0.78 to $17.99 after reporting less than consensus third quarter earnings. Verint Systems dropped $4.07 to $25.80 after reporting less than consensus quarterly results. JetBlue added $0.19 to […]