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 […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday September 4th   U.S. equity futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 24 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures dropped 3 points following release of the July Trade report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a deficit of $79.10 billion versus a deficit of $73.10 billion […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday September 3rd   U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 30 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Boeing dropped $5.80 to $167.94 after Wells Fargo downgraded the stock. Target was set at $119. US Steel dropped $2.50 to $35.71 after Vice President Kamala Harris opposed its […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday August 29th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures gained 19 points at 8:35 AM EDT S&P 500 futures added 3 points following release of the next estimate of second quarter annualized U.S. real GDP. Consensus was unchanged with growth at a 2.8% rate versus a gain […]