What such statements intend to do, in general, is give an indication of how the market will (or is expected to) open and nothing else after that. Here is an actual example. Before the opening of the...

What such statements intend to do, in general, is give an indication of how the market will (or is expected to) open and nothing else after that. Here is an actual example. Before the opening of the stock market on Thursday, December 1, 2011 in the United States, stock index futures pointed to a weaker open on Wall Street.