Something to watch: What is happening in Saudi Arabia?
Weekend:
• Schedule for Week of Nov 5, 2017
From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures: S&P 500 and DOW futures are down slightly (fair value).
Oil prices were up over the last week with WTI futures at $55.82 per barrel and Brent at $62.27 per barrel. A year ago, WTI was at $44, and Brent was at $43 – so oil prices are up solidly year-over-year.
Here is a graph from Gasbuddy.com for nationwide gasoline prices. Nationally prices are at $2.53 per gallon. A year ago prices were at $2.22 per gallon – so gasoline prices are up 31 cents per gallon year-over-year.