Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday May 23rd U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 10 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures moved lower following release of the May Philly Fed Index at 8:30 AM EDT. The Index was reported at -16.0 versus -22.8 in April. Chevron added $1.44 to […]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday May 22nd U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 3 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Canadian equity markets are closed for the Victoria Day holiday. Micron dropped $3.01 to $65.16 after the Chinese government sanctioned the company. Meta Platform fell $3.04 to $242.60 after the […]

Editor’s Note: Although Monday is a holiday in Canada, Tech Talk will be available as usual. Pre-opening Comments for Friday May 19th U.S .equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 12 points at 8:35 AM EDT. The Canadian Dollar was unchanged at US74.21 cents following release of March Canadian Retail […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday May 18th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 5 points at 9:35 AM EDT. Index futures were unchanged following release of the May Philly Fed Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an improvement to -20.0 from -31.3 in April. Actual was an improvement […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday May 17th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 11 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures were unchanged following release of the April U.S. Housing Starts Report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a slip to 1.400 million units from 1.4200 units in March. […]