Premarket outlook

S&P 500 index futures are trading higher by 18 points at 2066.75 in Tuesday's session. The rally from the after-hours and pre-market session has continued into the regular session. At this time, the current high stands at 2068.75. If the rally continues, the next resistance point stands...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares are trading lower by $1.34 at $106.69 in Monday's session. Unless it can mount a nearly $4 rally by Thursday, it will end the year in the red. This will bring to an end a six-year streak that began on 2008 at $12.19. After ending 2014 at $110.38, it surged...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) shares are trading higher at $105.32 Monday's session. Over the last six sessions (including today) it has been confined to just over a $3 trading range ($103.60-$106.69), reaching both on the outer boundaries on days one and two of the streak. Over that last two...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) shares are trading higher by $11 at $673.79 in Monday's session. In its previous four trading sessions, it been confined to a little bit over a $13 trading range ($$56.63 to $569.90), with its last three closes near the $663 level. Following a higher open, it...

Natural Gas futures are trading higher by $0.221 at $2.25 in Monday's session. It is trading higher for the third day in a row and for the sixth time in the last seven sessions. The rally is taking place after the contract made a multi-year low on December 18 at $1.734. It is now trading at its...

BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) shares are trading higher by $0.29 at $9.39 in Monday's session. It is trading higher for the fifth time in the last six sessions since its $0.11 beat for Q3 on December 18. The outlier was a $0.03 decline in Thursday's session. Over that course of time,...

Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ: ROVI) shares are trading higher by $1.90 at $17.76 in Monday's session. The renewal of a patent agreement with Sony has the aided the issue in the green for the fifth day in a row. Its high opening print of $16.20 has turned out to be the low for the session. The ensuing...

Fitbit Inc. (NYSE: FIT) shares are trading higher by $1.08 at $29.99 in Monday's session. The catalyst for the rally was the company being the leading download on The App Store over the Christmas weekend. That is the good news; the bad news is the issue is trading well off its pre-market...

Chimerix Inc (NASDAQ: CMRX) shares are trading lower by a whopping 80 percent on Monday. The catalyst for the decline is the announcement that the company has missed a primary endpoint on its Phase 3 trail of Brincidofovir. In rare price action, the issue has not been able to muster any of...

FXCM Inc. (NYSE: FXCM) shares are trading higher by $5 at $16.10 in Monday's session. Since its reverse split became effective on October 1, it has rallied from its September 3 closing price ($8.30) to its current level. It should be noted it has not been straight up. After the reverse...

Crude Oil futures are trading lower by $1.30 at $36.80 in Monday's session. In pre-market trading it found resistance one penny shy of Friday's close ($38.10) at $38.09 and began to move lower. So far, it has breached Friday's low ($37.28), reaching $36.70 and is struggling to re-enter the $37...

S&P 500 index futures were trading lower by 12 points at 2039.25 in Monday's session. The weakness from pre-market trading continued into the regular session. All but two of the top 10 components of the index are in the red. The big winner is Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) shares which...

Blackberry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY) shares are trading higher by $0.90 at $8.70 in Friday's session. Its Q3 loss was $0.11 better than expected on higher sales ($557 million vs. $489 million). In a volatile session, it opened higher only to fall back and find support ahead of Thursday's close ($7.80,...

February Gold futures are trading higher by $16.40 at $1066 in Friday's session. On Thursday it came within $1.40 of multi-year low ($1045.40), reaching $1046.80 then rebounding to end Thursday's session at $1049.66. Off the open, it immediately found support above the close at $1050 and continued...

February Crude Oil futures are trading higher by $0.45 at $36.72 in Friday's session. Earlier in the session, it breached the former low of the move ($35.76), by $0.04 reaching $35.72 before turning higher. The ensuing rally has taken the contract well into the $36 handle, so far reaching $36.820....