Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Australia and Taiwan did well; Japan and Malaysia posted losses. Europe is currently mostly up. Austria, Spain, Italy and Sweden are up more than 1%; the UK, Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Greece are also doing well. […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China, South Korea and Taiwan fell; New Zealand did well. Europe currently leans to the downside, but movement is minimal. The UK, Germany and Austria are down; Denmark is doing well. Futures in the States point towards a down open […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed; gains and losses were small to moderate. Japan, Singapore and Australia moved up; Indonesia and Taiwan moved down. Europe is currently mostly down. Italy is down more than 2%; Spain and France are down more than 1%; Germany, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong and Indonesia gained 1% or more; India, New Zealand and South Korea also did well. Japan fell 1.6%. Europe is currently mostly up, but there are no big winners. Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Greece, Denmark and Finland are doing well. Futures in the […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed, but there were no big winners or losers. Japan and New Zealand did well; Hong Kong and Singapore closed down. Europe is currently mostly down. Germany, Austria, Spain and Italy are down more than 1%; most of the rest of Europe (France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan and New Zealand dropped more than 1%; China and Taiwan were also weak. Indonesia and Malaysia did well. Europe is currently mostly down. There were no big losers, but Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Spain, Italy and Portugal were all […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China rallied 2.4%; Hong Kong also did well. Indonesia fell 1%. Europe currently leans to the upside, but movement is minimal. Austria, the UK, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Turkey, Greece and Denmark are up; Norway and Romania are down. Futures in […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan, China and India posted gains greater than 1%; Hong Kong and Australia also did well. Europe is currently mixed. Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece and Hungary are up; Turkey is down. Futures in the States are flat.

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China, Taiwan and Australia posted losses while Hong Kong, India and Malaysia posted gains. Europe currently leans to the upside. France, Belgium, Switzerland, Greece and Turkey are leading. Futures in the States point towards a positive open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside, but movement was minimal. India dropped 1.1%, and Taiwan moved up 0.5%. Otherwise the markets were all within 0.3% of their unchanged levels. Europe is currently mostly down, but movement is minimal there too. Austria, Norway and Denmark are down; Greece […]