Pre-opening Comments for Friday February 3rd 2012 U.S. equity index futures are higher in pre-opening trade. The S&P 500 Index added 13 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures moved higher following release of the January employment report. Consensus for January Non-farm payrolls was a slip to 170,000 versus a revised 203,000 in December. Actual was [...]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday October 26th 2011 U.S. equity index futures are higher this morning. S&P 500 futures are up 12 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures are hoping for news of a framework of a deal on European sovereign debt later today. The latest rumor suggested that discount on the value of Greek debt [...]

  Editor’s Note: Mr. Vialoux is scheduled to appear on BNN Television this evening between 7:00 PM and 8:00 PM EDT. Pre-opening Comments for Friday September 2nd U.S. equity index futures are lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 11 points prior to release of the August employment report at 8:30 AM EDT. Index [...]

Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday April 20th U.S. equity index futures are strongly higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 18 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures were buoyed by higher than expected first quarter earnings reports reported overnight and weakness in the U.S. Dollar. Commodities priced in U.S. Dollar tacked on good gains. Crude [...]

Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday March 22nd 2011 U.S. equity index futures are mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged in pre-opening trade. Commodity prices are mixed in pre-opening trade. Crude oil slipped $0.76 per barrel, gold eased $4.00 per ounce, silver eased $0.15 per ounce and copper added $0.01 per lb. Canadian investors will [...]