(Editor’s Note: Next Tech Talk report is released on Monday January 4th) Pre-opening Comments for Thursday December 31st U.S. equity index futures are higher this morning. S&P 500 futures are up 2 points in pre-opening trade. Weakness in the U.S. dollar contributed to strength. Commodities priced in U.S. dollars including gold, silver, platinum, copper [...]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday December 30th U.S. equity index futures are lower this morning. S&P 500 futures slipped 4 points in pre-opening trade. Weighing on index futures is strength in the U.S. Dollar. Commodities priced in U.S. Dollars including gold, silver and crude oil are trading slightly lower. Bucking weakness in commodity prices was copper. [...]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday December 29th The Santa Claus rally continues. U.S. equity index futures are higher again this morning. S&P 500 futures added 4 points in pre-opening trade. U.S. equity index futures gained slightly after release of the October S&P/Case Shiller home price index. The Index showed that home prices on a month over [...]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday December 28th The Santa Claus rally continues. U.S. equity index futures are slightly higher this morning. S&P 500 futures added 2 points. Futures were aided slightly by weakness in the U.S. Dollar. Commodities priced in U.S. dollar were trading higher including gold, silver, copper, platinum and crude oil. Platinum was notably [...]

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