U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged at 8:30 AM EST.Domino's Pizza added $26.35 to $460.00 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter earnings. Berkshire Hathaway gained $10.88 to $428.10 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter earnings. Amazon.com added $0.62 to $175.61 when the stock was added to the Dow Jones Industrial Ave...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 7 points at 8:30 AM EST.Intuit dropped $8.92 to $649.00 after offering guidance below consensus.Booking Holdings dropped $163.36 to $3738.63 after reporting less than consensus fourth quarter earnings.Block gained $7.36 to $75.32 after reporting a surprise fourth quarter profit.Carvana advanced $11.60 to $63.60 after o...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 64 points at 8:35 AM EST.The Canadian Dollar was unchanged at US74.11 cents following release of Canada's December Retail Sales report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase of 0.8% versus a decline of 0.2% in November. Actual was an increase of 0.9%. Excluding auto sales, consensus was an increase of 0.7% versus un...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 18 points at 8:30 AM ESTEconomic focus today is on FOMC Meeting Minutes released at 2:00 PM EST.Changes in Dow Jones Averages effective February 26th: Walgreen Boots is replaced by Amazon.com in the Industrial Average. JetBlue is replaced by Uber in the Transportation Average.Palo Alto dropped $47.29 to $319.00 after...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 18 points at 8:35 AM EST.The Canadian Dollar dropped 0.20 to US74.00 cents following release of Canada's January Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase of 0.4% versus a decline of 0.3% in December. Actual was unchanged. On a year-over-year basis, consensus was an increase of 3.2% versus a gain...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures dropped 9 points at 8:35 AM ESTS&P 500 Index futures dropped 15 points following release of the January U.S. Producer Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase of 0.1% versus a decline of 0.1% in December. Actual was an increase of 0.3%. On a year-over-year basis January PPI was expected to increase 0.6% versus...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 9 points at 8:35 AM EST.S&P 500 futures added 5 points following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for January retail Sales was a drop of 0.3%. Actual was a drop of 0.8%. Consensus for January U.S. retail sales ex auto sales was a drop of 0.2% versus a gain of 0.4% in December. Actual was a drop of...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 22 points at 8:30 AM EST.Zillow Group added $1.34 to $53.40 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter earnings.Robin Hood advanced $1.81 to $13.65 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter revenues. Lyft gained $2.07 to $14.20 after offering positive guidance. Akamai dropped $5.95 to $119.10 after...Read More
Equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 54 points at 8:35 AM EST.Index futures dropped an additional 32 points following release of the January U.S. Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase 0.2% versus a gain of 0.2% in December. Actual was an increase of 0.3%. On a year-over-year basis consensus was an increase of 3.0% versus a gain of 3.3...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 1 point at 8:30 AM EST.Diamondback Energy gained $1.24 to $152.98 after announcing a merger with Endeavor Energy Resources in a deal valued at $26 billion. Endeavour shareholder will receive $8 billion cash and 117.3 million shares of Diamondback. Diamondback also increased its dividend by 7%.XPO Logistics dropped $2....Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 19 points at 8:35 AM EST.The Canadian Dollar added 0.10 to US74.45 following release of Canada's January Employment Report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for employment was an increase of 15,000 versus a gain of 100 in November. Actual was 37,300. Consensus for the December Unemployment Rate was unchanged from November at 5...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 9 points at 8:30 AM EST.Walt Disney advanced $4.85 to $104.00 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal first quarter earnings.ARM Holdings jumped $22.19 to $99.20 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal third quarter results. Wynn Resorts added $2.17 to $102.00 after reporting higher than consensus fourth qua...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 14 points at 8:35 AM ESTIndex futures were unchanged following release of the December U.S. Trade Report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a deficit of $62.20 billion versus a downwardly revised deficit of $61.9 in November. Actual was a deficit of $62.20 billionFord gained $0.93 to $13.00 after reporting higher than conse...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 4 points at 8:30 AM EST. Palantir added $2.66 to $19.38 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter revenues. Spotify gained $14.24 to $237.43 after the company reported a narrower than consensus fourth quarter loss.Eli Lilly advanced $30.00 to $736.00 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter earni...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 12 points at 8:30 AM EST. Estee Lauder advanced $24.69 to $158.81 after fiscal second quarter revenues and earnings exceeded consensus estimates.McDonald's slipped $1.05 to $296.00 after reporting less than consensus fourth quarter revenues.Idexx added $2.86 to $530.00 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quar...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 8 points at 8:35 AM EST.Index futures dropped 20 points following release of the January Employment Report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for January Non-farm Payrolls was 185,000 versus upwardly revised 333,000 in December. Actual was 355,000. Consensus for the January Unemployment Rate was unchanged from December at 3.7%....Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 18 points at 8:30 AM EST.C H Robinson dropped $5.09 to $79.00 after reporting lower than consensus fourth quarter earnings. QUAL COMM dropped $1.51 to $147.00 despite reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter revenues. MetLife dropped $2.72 to $67.00 after reporting lower than consensus fourth quarter earnings. Ro...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 25 points at 8:35 AM EST.The Canadian Dollar added 0.08 to US74.56 cents following release of Canada's November GDP report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase of 0.1% versus no change in October. Actual was an increase of 0.2%.Microsoft dropped $5.59 to $403.00 despite reporting higher than consensus fiscal seco...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 10 points at 8:30 AM EST.F5 Networks gained $11.64 to $197.01 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal first quarter earnings. The company also offered encouraging fiscal second quarter guidance. Whirlpool dropped $4.81 to $112.98 after lower first quarter guidance. Nucor added $2.36 to $179.00 after offering posi...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 7 points at 8:35 AM EST.S&P 500 Index futures slipped 2 points following release of the December Core PCE Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase of 0.2% versus a gain of 0.1% in November. Actual was an increase of 0.2%. On a year-over-year basis, consensus was an increase of 3.0% versus a gain of 3....Read More