Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China, Hong Kong and South Korea moved up; Japan, India and Malaysia moved down. Europe is mixed and mostly quiet. Denmark is up; Turkey, Russia, Spain and Italy are down. Futures in the States point towards a mixed and flat open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. India and New Zealand rallied more than 1%; Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia also did well. Singapore was weak. Europe is currently mostly up. Turkey is up more than 2%; Sweden and Poland more than 1%; […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan dropped more than 1%; China and Taiwan were also weak. Europe is currently mixed and little changed from its unchanged level. Turkey, Finland, the Czech Republic and Austria are up; Poland and Norway are down. Futures in the States point towards a positive open […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand and Taiwan did well. India and Malaysia were weak. Europe is currently mixed. Switzerland is up more than 3%; Norway, Russia and Hungary are also doing well. Turkey is down more than 3%; Sweden and Denmark are also doing poorly. Futures […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Indonesia rallied 1.4%; Singapore and Hong Kong also did well. Japan and China lost ground. Europe is currently mostly up. Germany is up more than 1%; France, Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Denmark, Finland and Switzerland are doing well too. Russia […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan rallied 1.4%; Indonesia and New Zealand also did well. Hong Kong dropped 0.6%. Europe currently leans to the downside. Germany and Italy are down more than 1%; France, Austria, Switzerland and Spain are also weak. Greece, Turkey and Hungary are up. Futures here in the […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up, but gains were only small-to-moderate. Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan did the best. Europe currently leans to the upside, but movement is minimal. Other than Turkey, which is down more than 5%, there are no noticeable movers. […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. None of the indexes gained 1%, but Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan did well. Europe is currently mixed and little moved. The Czech Republic is up more than 1%; Poland and Sweden are also doing well. Greece is down more than […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside, but gains were small. Hong Kong (up 1.1%) and Japan (up 1.0%) led the way. Indonesia fell 1.0%. Europe is currently mostly up. Switzerland is up more than 2%, and Germany, France, the Netherlands, Turkey, Italy and Portugal are up more […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan, Australia, Indonesia and South Korea led the way. Europe is currently mostly up, but gains are minimal. Switzerland is up more than 2%; Greece more than 1%; and France, Finland and Spain are also doing well. Hungary is weak. Futures here in the States […]