Pre-opening Comments for Thursday April 6th U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged at 8:30 AM EDT. The Canadian Dollar added $0.06 to US74.22 cents after release of Canada’s March Employment report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for job creation was 7,000 positions. Actual was an increase to 34,700. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday April 5th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 5 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Johnson & Johnson added $4.75 to $165.25 after announcing an $8.9 billion settlement on talc claims. UnitedHealth Group gained $4.55 to $497.80 after Raymond James upgraded the stock from Outperform […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday April 4th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 12 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Oneok added $0.55 to $65.61 after Citigroup upgraded the stock from Neutral to Buy. ServiceNow added $$12.52 to $477.01 after Baird upgraded the stock from Neutral to Outperform. Charter Communications […]

Pre-opening Comment for Monday April 3rd U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 7 points at 8:30 AM EDT. McDonalds slipped $0.09 to $279.52 after announcing plans this week to reduce corporate staff. Crude oil jumped $4.54 to $80.21 per barrel after OPEC + announced a reduction in production […]