Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Hong Kong dropped more than 1%; China, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand were also weak. Europe currently leans to the upside. Germany, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Denmark, Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic are up. Greece and Poland are down more than 1%; Norway and […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the downside. China, New Zealand and Indonesia were notable downside movers; Australia did well. Europe is currently mostly down. Russia and Greece are down more than 1%; France, Belgium, Austria, Turkey, Finland, Spain and Portugal are also weak. Hungary is doing well. Futures […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Japan and India led; South Korea and Taiwan did okay. Australia, Indonesia and New Zealand posted losses. Europe is currently mostly up. Spain and Italy are up more than 1%; Germany, France, the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. China dropped 2.5%, Hong Kong 1.4%, and India and Taiwan were also weak. Japan did well. Europe is currently mixed and little changed. Norway, Russia, Finland and Italy are doing well. Poland, Turkey and Denmark […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan rallied 1.2%, and China moved up 0.5%. Hong Kong dropped 0.4%. Otherwise the other markets didn’t move much. Europe currently leans to the upside. Switzerland is up more than 1%; France, Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and the Czech Republic are also doing well. […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan, Australia, India, South Korea and Taiwan each rallied more than 1%. Europe is currently up across-the-board. Russia, Spain and Italy are up more than 1%; France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Greece, Poland, Hungary and Portugal are also doing well. Futures in the States point […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Japan, Hong Kong, China and Australia did well; India was weak. Europe is currently up across-the-board. Greece is up more than 3%; the UK, Germany, Finland and Italy are up more than 1%; Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Denmark and Portugal […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong, New Zealand, South Korea and Taiwan led the way. Europe is currently mostly up. Belgium, Turkey, Finland, Spain, Italy and Portugal are up more than 1%; Austria, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic are also doing well. Futures in the States point towards a […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China fell more than 1%; Japan, Australia and New Zealand were also weak. Singapore did moderately well. Europe is currently up across-the-board. Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Finland and Russia are up more than 1%; France, Austria, Norway, Sweden, […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Australia, India and Hong Kong dropped more than 1%; China, South Korea and Taiwan were also weak. Indonesia did well. Europe is currently mostly down. Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Greece and Italy are down more than 1%; Austria, Norway, Sweden, […]