Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across-the-board. China and Japan dropped more than 3%; Taiwan and Hong Kong fell more than 2%; Singapore and South Korea fell lost more than 1%. Europe is currently down across-the-board. Greece is down more than 3%; Austria, Prague, Denmark, Hungary […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Hong Kong dropped 1.2%; Singapore, Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia were also weak. Europe is currently posting sizable, across-the-board losses. Greece is down more than 3%; Germany, France, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Spain and Italy are down more than 2%’ most other markets are […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan, Singapore, India and Indonesia were weak. Europe is down across-the-board. Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Hungary are down more than 1%; London, France, Sweden, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Russia, Denmark and Finland are also weak. Futures here in the States point towards a […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan, Singapore and South Korea did well; New Zealand was weak. Europe currently leans to the downside. Poland and Turkey are up, but Russia, Greece, Switzerland and Denmark are down; and the Czech Republic is down more than 2%. Futures here in the States point towards […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets up across-the-board. Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan rallied more than 1%; Japan, Singapore, India, Indonesia and Malaysia also did well. Europe is currently posting across-the-board gains. Germany, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Greece, Poland, Italy, Belgium, Portugal and Sweden are up more than 1%. Futures here […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia did well. Europe currently leans to the upside. London, Russia and the Czech Republic are up more than 1%; Norway and Finland are also doing well. Greece, Poland and Sweden are down. […]

Good morning. Happy Friday (is it Friday already)? Happy employment numbers day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. Australia led with a 0.7% gain; Japan, Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Indonesia also did well. Europe is currently mostly up. London, Greece, Poland, Turkey and Finland are up more than 1%; Germany, France and the Netherlands […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan fell more than 2%; Australia and Taiwan were also weak. Hong Kong, China and India did well. Europe currently leans to the upside. Austria and Spain are up more than 1%; Prague, Greece, Poland, Hungary, the Netherlands, Italy and Portugal are also doing well. Denmark […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Japan and Australia fell 1% or more; Indonesia and Taiwan did well. Europe is currently mostly down. Austria, Sweden, Poland, Spain, Italy and Portugal are down more than 1%; France, London, Germany and others are also weak. Hungary is up more […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Hope you had a good weekend. Yesterday the Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up, but movement was minimal. Japan rallied more than 1%; Taiwan, New Zealand and Indonesia also did well. Today the markets were mixed. China rallied 3.3%, and Japan and South Korea also did well. Indonesia did poorly. Europe was […]