Pre-opening Comments for Thursday September 22nd U.S. equity index futures at 7:30 AM EDT were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 12 points in pre-opening trade. The Bank of England raised its lending rate to major banks from 1.75% to 2.25%. Lennar added $0.55 to $76.47 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal third […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday September 21st U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 14 points in pre-opening trade. Focus today is on results from the FOMC meeting scheduled for release at 2:00 PM EDT. Consensus calls for an increase in the Fed Fund Rate by 0.75% and continuation of […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday September 20th Equity Index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 30 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the August U.S. Housing Starts report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a slip to 1.440 million units from 1.446 million units in July. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday September 19th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 33 points in pre-opening trade. AutoZone added $1.36 to $2,167.01 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal fourth quarter revenues and earnings. Netflix gained $3.82 to $243.95 after Oppenheimer upgraded the stock to Buy. Take Two Interactive […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday September 16th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 41 points in pre-opening trade. Volatility and volume on U.S. equity markets are expected to be higher than average. Today is the last trade day for September index and equity options and futures. FedEx plunged $30.86 […]