by Calculated Risk on 10/20/2024 06:20:00 PM

Weekend:
• Schedule for Week of October 20, 2024

Monday:
• No major economic releases scheduled.

From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures S&P 500 are up 4 and DOW futures are up 12 (fair value).

Oil prices were down over the last week with WTI futures at $69.22 per barrel and Brent at $73.06 per barrel. A year ago, WTI was at $89, and Brent was at $96 - so WTI oil prices are down about 22% year-over-year.

Here is a graph from Gasbuddy.com for nationwide gasoline prices. Nationally prices are at $3.13 per gallon. A year ago, prices were at $3.52 per gallon, so gasoline prices are down $0.39 year-over-year.