Pre-opening Comments for Monday July 24th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 7 points at 8:30 AM EDT. Chevron added $0.91 to $159.60 after reporting higher than consensus second quarter earnings. Mattel gained $0.31 to $21.49 after the movie Barbie was the top selling movie in North America […]

Pre-opening Comments for Friday July 21st U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 16 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Today is the last trade day for July listed equity and index options. The Canadian Dollar slipped 0.05 to U.S.75.79 following release of May Canadian Retail Sales at 8:30 AM […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday July 20th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 10 points at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures were unchanged following release of the July Philly Fed Manufacturing Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an improvement to -9.7 from -13.7 in June. Actual was -13.5. […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday July 19th U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning S&P 500 futures were unchanged at 8:35 AM EDT. Index futures were unchanged following release of U.S. June Housing Starts at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a drop to 1,450,000 units from revised 1,559,000 units in May. Actual was a drop […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday July 18th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 3 points at 8:35 AM EDT Index futures were unchanged following release of June U.S. Retail Sales at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a gain of 0.2% versus a gain of 0.3% in May. Actual was […]