Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside, but movement was minimal. Japan, Hong Kong and China closed down; Singapore, Australia and Taiwan closed up. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is up better than 3%, but London, Germany, France, Austria, Norway, Switzerland, Russia, Poland, […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan gained more than 3%; Australia and South Korea rallied more than 1%; Hong Kong and Singapore also did well. Indonesia fell 0.8%. Europe is mixed and little changed. Austria, Switzerland, Denmark and Hungary are up, the Czech Republic and Greece are down. Futures here […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. Hong Kong rallied more than 3%, Japan and Singapore more than 2% and China, Australia, India and Taiwan did better than 1%. Europe is currently posting huge gains. Greece is down more than 1%, but Italy is up more than 3%, Germany, France and Spain […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan rallied 1.1%; Australia, India, Indonesia and South Korea also did well. Europe is currently mixed. Greece is down more than 1%; Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Hungary and Italy are also weak. Ukraine is up more than 1%; Norway and Spain are also doing well. […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. China and India rallied more than 1%. Indonesia dropped more than 1%; Japan was also weak. Europe is currently mostly up. Germany, Belgium, Russia, Turkey, Spain and Italy are up more than 1%; the Netherlands, […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. China, Indonesia and Australia closed down; Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan closed up. Europe is currently mostly up. Italy is up more than 3%; Germany, France, Austria, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Greece, Finland, Spain and Portugal are up more than 1%. […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China dropped 1.4%, and India fell 0.9%. Australia, Malaysia and New Zealand posted small-to-moderate gains. Europe currently leans to the downside. Italy and Portugal are down more than 1%; Austria, Sweden, Spain and Belgium are also weak. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Australia, Singapore and South Korea led to the upside, but gains were small. Taiwan dropped 1.7%. Europe currently leans to the upside, but movement is minimal too. London, France, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Italy are doing well. Turkey is down more […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan and India dropped more than 1%; Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia fell more than 1%. China rallied 1.5%. Europe is pretty much down across-the-board. Germany, France, Poland, Spain and Italy are down more than 2%; London, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside, but movement was minimal. Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand and India closed up; Japan lost ground. Europe currently leans to the upside. France, Germany, Turkey and Denmark are up more than 1%; London, Belgium, the Netherlands, […]