Pre-opening Comments for Monday March 25th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 15 points at 8:30 AM EDT. United Airlines dropped $1.83 to $66.34 after the FAA launched an increased oversight on the company’s operations. Walt Disney added $1.33 to $117.20 after Barclay’s upgraded the stock to Overweight. […]

  Pre-opening comments for Friday March 22nd 2024 U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 9 points at 8:35 AM EDT The Canadian Dollar was unchanged at US 73.71 following release of Canada’s January Retail Sales report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus called for a drop of 0.4% versus […]

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday March 21st U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 25 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 futures slipped 2 points following release of the March Philly Fed Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a drop of 5.0 versus a gain of 5.2 in […]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday March 20th U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged at 8:30 AM EDT FOMC announces its interest rate decision at 2:00 PM EDT. Consensus calls for no change in the Fed Fund Rate at 5.25%-5.50%. Focus is on comments on timing for an expected reduction […]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday March 19th U.S. equity index futures traded lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 22 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&P 500 index futures recovered 6 points following release of the February Housing Star Report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase to 1.420 million units from 1.331 million […]