Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Indonesia rallied more than 2%, and Japan did better than 1%. New Zealand and South Korea also did well. Several indexes closed with losses, but the losses were small. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is up more than 2%, and Russia is up more than […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. India fell almost 2%; Indonesia, Australia and South Korea were also weak. Malaysia, New Zealand and Hong Kong did okay. Europe currently leans to the upside. The UK, Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Stockholm, Turkey, Denmark and Portugal are doing well; Belgium and Italy are weak. Futures […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Indonesia fell more than 2%; Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia dropped more than 1%. Japan rallied 1.7%. Europe is currently mixed and little changed. The UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands are up; Poland is down more than 1%; Norway, […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Indonesia fell 4%, India and Taiwan more than 2%, and Malaysia and Hong Kong dropped more than 1%. China and Australia did okay. Europe is currently mostly down, but losses aren’t extreme. The UK is down more than 1%; the Netherlands, […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with across-the-board gains. Japan rallied more than 6%, Australia more than 3%, South Korea and Taiwan more than 2%, and India, New Zealand, Hong Kong, China and Singapore did better than 1%. Europe is currently mostly up. Russia is up more than 2%, and Austria, Norway, the […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy Day-After-Election-Day. The Asian/Pacific markets posted stiff, across-the-board losses. Japan dropped more than 5%; New Zealand fell more than 3%; Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea fell more than 2%. There were no winners. Europe is currently mostly down. Switzerland and Russia are up more than 1%. Spain, Italy and Portugal […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Happy Election Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Indonesia rallied more than 1%; India, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and China also did well. Europe currently leans to the upside. Russia, Greece, Norway, Austria, Poland and Turkey are doing the best. Futures in the States point towards a down open for […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across the board. New Zealand rallied more than 2%; Japan, Australia and Taiwan did better than 1%; Hong Kong, India and South Korea also did well. Europe is currently posting across-the-board gains. The UK, Germany, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden, […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Indonesia did well; Japan, Australia, India and New Zealand were weak. Europe is currently down across-the-board. Austria, Turkey and the Czech Republic are down more than 2%; the UK, Denmark, Finland, Spain, Portugal and Sweden are down more than 1%; Germany, […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Indonesia and New Zealand fell more than 1%; Malaysia, Taiwan and Hong Kong were also weak. China did well. Europe is currently mostly up. France, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Hungary are doing well; the UK is weak. Futures in the States point […]