Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan fell 3.6%; Hong Kong, Australia, Taiwan and South Korea fell more than 1%. Europe is currently down across-the-board. Germany, France, the Netherlands and Switzerland are down more than 2%; London, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Finland, Spain and Italy are down […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Australia rallied more than 1%; Singapore dropped more than 1%. Indonesia and New Zealand also did well; Japan was also weak. Europe is currently mostly down. France, Finland, Spain and Italy are down more than 1%; London, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal are also […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong and China rallied more than 2%; Singapore, India and Taiwan did better than 1%. Japan dropped 1.3%. Europe is currently up across-the-board. Norway and Greece are up more than 2%; London, Germany, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, Turkey, Finland, Hungary, Spain, Italy, […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China and Australia dropped more than 1%; Taiwan was also weak. Malaysia did well. Europe currently leans to the downside. Belgium, Norway, Russia, Denmark and Portugal are down more than 1%. Greece, the Netherlands, France, Turkey and Hungary are doing okay. Futures here in the States […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down (although a few markets were closed). India and Indonesia dropped more than 1%; China and Singapore were also weak. European markets are closed. Futures here in the States point towards an up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Australia each dropped more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. London, Germany, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, Finland, Spain and Italy are down more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside, but there was very little movement. Japan, Hong Kong and Australia moved down; China and India moved up. Europe is currently mixed. Germany, Belgium and Greece are up more than 1%; Austria , the Czech Republic and Portugal are down. Futures […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside, but movement was minimal. Japan rallied almost 2%; China and Indonesia dropped 0.6%. Europe is currently mostly down. France, Austria, the Netherlands, Turkey, Finland, Spain, and Italy are down more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China rallied better than 2%; India also did well. Singapore was weak. Europe currently leans to the downside. Italy is up 1%; Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Poland are also doing well. Russia is down 1%; The Czech Republic is also […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China and India rallied more than 1%; Malaysia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore also did well. Japan dropped 1.3%. Europe currently leans to the upside. Austria, the Czech Republic, Russia and Hungary are up more than 1%; Norway, Spain, Italy and Portugal are […]