Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Australia each rallied more than 1%. There we no big losers. Europe is currently mostly down. Germany, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Greece, Denmark, Spain, Italy and Belgium are down more than 1%; Turkey is up […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up, but gains were small. Japan dropped 0.8%. Taiwan rallied 1%; China, India, Indonesia and South Korea also posted gains. Europe is currently mixed and little changed. Greece is down 2%; Italy, Spain and Sweden are also weak. Portugal is up more than […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Australia, India and Taiwan dropped more than 1%; Indonesia, New Zealand, Japan and Hong Kong were also weak. Europe is currently mostly down. France, Norway, Spain and Italy are down more than 1%; Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and Portugal are also weak. Greece and […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across the board. Japan, Hong Kong, China and Indonesia rallied more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly up. Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Spain and Portugal are up more than 1%. Russia is down. Futures here in the States […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. Hong Kong rallied 1.1%; Singapore, Japan and Taiwan also did well. Europe is currently up across-the-board. Germany, Italy and Spain are up more than 3%; France, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal are up more than 2%. Futures here in the States point towards a […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China dropped 2%; India was also weak. Japan moved up 1.3%; New Zealand and South Korea also did well. Europe is currently mostly up. France, Spain and Italy are up more than 3%, and Germany, the Netherlands and Portugal are up more than 2%. Futures here […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Singapore moved up 1.1%; Australia and India also did well. China dropped 1.3%. Europe is currently mostly up. Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Belgium and Portugal are up more than 1%; London, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Finland are also doing well. Greece is down […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Singapore dropped more than 1%; Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, Malaysia and South Korea were also weak. New Zealand did okay to the upside. Europe is currently mixed. Greece and Hungary are up more than 1%; Austria and Norway are also doing […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Australia rallied 1%; China gained 0.8%. Japan dropped 0.6%; Singapore fell 0.5%. Europe is currently mostly down, but losses aren’t great. Russia is up more than 1%, and Poland is also doing well. Italy is down more than 1%; […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong and Singapore rallied more than 1%; China and New Zealand also did well. Europe is currenly mostly up. Denmark is up more than 3%; Germany, France, London, Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Hungary and Portugal are up more than […]