Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday January 22nd U.S. equity index futures are mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures are down 2 points in pre-opening trade. Canada’s November Retail Sales improved thanks mainly to higher auto sales. Consensus for November Retail Sales was a decline of 0.1% versus a gain of 0.7% in October. Actual was a [...]

Pre-opening Comments for Monday April 2nd Equity index futures are mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures are unchanged in pre-opening trade. Traders are waiting for release of the March ISM report at 10:00 AM. Consensus is an increase to 53.0 from 52.4 in February. The Shanghai Composite Index added 10.63 to 2,262.79 following news that [...]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday July 13th U.S. equity index futures are higher this morning. S&P 500 futures are up 5 points in pre-opening trade. Futures moved higher on news that China’s second quarter GDP grew faster than expected. Annualized growth on a year-over-year basis increased 9.5%. Consensus was growth at 9.4%. The U.S. Dollar moved [...]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday May 18th 2011 U.S. equity index futures are mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures are unchanged in pre-opening trade. Commodities prices are slightly higher. Crude oil added $1.42 per barrel, gold improved $10.80 per ounce, silver gained $1.14 per ounce and copper increased $0.05 per lb. Companies reporting first quarter results [...]