Pre-opening Comments for Friday January 29th

U.S. equity index futures are higher this morning. S&P 500 Index futures are up 8 points in pre-opening trade. Equity markets responded to the reappointment of Ben Bernanke to Federal Reserve Chairman.
Index futures added to gains following release of real annualized U.S. fourth quarter Gross Domestic Product. Consensus was [...]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday January 28th
U.S. equity index futures are higher this morning. S&P 500 futures are up 3 points in pre-opening comments. Futures are responding to President Obama’s State of the Union speech last night.
Index futures moved slightly higher following release of economic news at 8:30 AM. Weekly jobless claims fell 8,000. December [...]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday January 27th
U.S. equity index futures are mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures are up 1 point in pre-opening trade. Traders are waiting for news from a series of news events include testimony by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, minutes from the FOMC meeting and President Obama’s State of the Union address.
Apple [...]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday January 26th
U.S. equity index futures are lower this morning despite encouraging fourth quarter earnings news released overnight. S&P 500 futures slipped 4 points in pre-opening trade.
The S&P/Case Shiller Home Price Index for November showed slight deterioration on a month to month basis but an improvement on a year over year [...]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday January 25th
U.S. equity index futures are higher this morning. S&P 500 futures are up 6 points in pre-opening trade. Futures are responding to comments over the weekend by members of Congress and the White House assuring bi-partisan support for the renomination of Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve. The [...]