by Calculated Risk on 8/20/2023 06:27:00 PM

Weekend:
• Schedule for Week of August 20, 2023

Monday:
• No major economic releases scheduled.

From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures S&P 500 futures are up 3 and DOW futures are up 15 (fair value).

Oil prices were down over the last week with WTI futures at $81.25 per barrel and Brent at $84.80 per barrel. A year ago, WTI was at $94, and Brent was at $96 - so WTI oil prices are down about 13% year-over-year.

Here is a graph from Gasbuddy.com for nationwide gasoline prices. Nationally prices are at $3.84 per gallon. A year ago, prices were at $3.83 per gallon, so gasoline prices are down $0.03 per gallon year-over-year.