Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. Japan rallied almost 3%; Hong Kong and China rallied more than 1%; Singapore, Indonesia and Taiwan also did well. Europe is currently mostly up. Switzerland and Italy are up more than 2%, and Germany, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Russia, Turkey and Spain are up more […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. Japan rallied 4%, and Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, India, Indonesia, South Korea and Taiwan did better than 1%. Europe is currently posting solid, across-the-board gains. Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, Turkey, Finland, Norway, Spain and […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan dropped more than 1%; Hong Kong, China, Singapore and South Korea were also weak. Europe is currently mostly up. Italy is up more than 2%; Germany, France, Finland and Spain are up more than 1%; Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Hong Kong and South Korean gained more than 1%; Taiwan and Australia also did well. Japan fell 0.7%. Europe is currently mostly up. Norway is up 2%; the UK, France, Australia, the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, Denmark, Hungary and Poland are up […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan dropped more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Spain and Italy are down more than 2%; most other markets, including the UK, Austria, Russia, Switzerland, Belgium, Poland, Finland and Portugal are […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Hope you had a great, long weekend. Yesterday the Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China rallied 1.9%; Hong Kong did better than 1.3%; Singapore, Australia and Japan also did well. Today, the Asian/Pacific markets mostly fell. Hong Kong dropped 1.5%; Japan, Australia and Taiwan were also weak.

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan, India, South Korea and Taiwan did the best. Europe is currently mostly up. London, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, Denmark, Finland, Spain and Portugal are up more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand rallied more than 1%; India, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea and Taiwan also did well. Europe currently leans to the upside, but there are no big winners or losers. Norway, the Czech Republic, Belgium, Denmark and Finland are doing […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. Indonesia gained more than 2%, and Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand and South Korea rallied better than 1%. Europe is currently posting solid gains. France, London, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Spain and Portugal are up more than 2%, and several other indexes, including […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Australia fell 0.7%, but China, Singapore, Indonesia and Taiwan posted decent gains. Europe is currently up across-the-board. Greece, Finland and Italy are up more than 2%; London, Germany, Franc, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Denmark, Norway, Hungary, Spain and Portugal are up more than 2%. […]