Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Hong Kong and Taiwan dropped more than 1%; Singapore was also weak. Australia and New Zealand did okay. Europe is currently mostly down. Germany, France, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Spain are down more than 1%. Futures here in the States […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Japan dropped 3.6%; India, Malaysia and Taiwan fell more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. Spain is down more than 2%; London, Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Sweden are down more than 1%. Futures here in the States […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy FOMC Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Singapore, Japan and New Zealand dropped 0.6 – 0.7%. Indonesia gained 0.7%. Europe is currently mixed. Greece is down 3.7%; Poland and the Netherlands are also weak. Norway is up more than 1%; Germany, Austria, Denmark and Portugal are also up. Futures […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Indonesia, Malaysia and New Zealand fell more than 1%; India rallied more than 1%. Europe is currently mixed. Spain and Italy are up more than 1%; London, Greece and Finland are also doing well. Russia is down more than 1%; the […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Singapore dropped 1.4%; Japan, Hong Kong, India and Indonesia were also weak. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece, the Czech Republic, Austria, the Netherlands, Finland and Italy are down more than 1%; London, Germany, France, Russia, Poland, Turkey and […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Singapore, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Australia closed down; Japan did well. Europe currently leans to the downside. Austria and Denmark are doing well; London, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Poland and Hungary are down. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan moved up 2.7%; Hong Kong and Australia did better than 1%. Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea and Taiwan also did well. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece and Finland are down more than 1%; London Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Russia and Belgium are […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China dropped 2.3%; Hong Kong and Taiwan were also weak. India, Australia and New Zealand did well. Europe currently leans to the upside, but movement is minimal. Russia and Spain are up more than 1%; Belgium, the Netherlands and Portugal are also doing well. Denmark is […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan rallied better than 3%; Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia did better than 1%. Europe is currently mostly up. Germany is up more than 2%; France, Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Russia, Greece, Denmark, Finland and Spain are up more than […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan dropped 3.4%, and China fell 1.4%. Hong Kong and Malaysia were also weak. India and Indonesia did well. Europe is currently mostly down, but losses aren’t very big. Belgium, Russia and Portugal are down more than 1%; Norway […]