by Calculated Risk on 5/18/2025 06:16:00 PM
Weekend:
• Schedule for Week of May 18, 2025
Monday:
• No major economic releases scheduled.
From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures S&P 500 are down 43 and DOW futures are down 267 (fair value).
Oil prices were up over the last week with WTI futures at $62.49 per barrel and Brent at $65.41 per barrel. A year ago, WTI was at $82, and Brent was at $82 – so WTI oil prices are down about 24% year-over-year.
Here is a graph from Gasbuddy.com for nationwide gasoline prices. Nationally prices are at $3.14 per gallon. A year ago, prices were at $3.57 per gallon, so gasoline prices are down $0.43 year-over-year.
