Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Singapore rallied 2.2%; Japan, Australia, India and New Zealand did better than 1%. Europe is currently mixed. Norway, Russia, Greece, Poland, Hungary and Portugal are up more than 1%; Switzerland and Denmark are down more than 1%. Futures in the States point towards a flat […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets posted big, across-the-board gains. China and Japan rallied better than 4%; Hong Kong > 3%; Singapore, Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and South Korea did better than 1%. Europe is currently mixed and quiet – there are very few big movers. Greece is up more than 2%; Turkey, Hungary […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. India gained 3.4%; Hong Kong, China and Malaysia rallied better than 1%; Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan also did well. Europe is currently mostly up. Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Finland, Spain, Italy and Portugal are up more than 1%. Futures in the […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Happy Leap Day. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China fell 2.9%; Japan and Hong Kong dropped more than 1%. Singapore and Indonesia led to the upside, but there were no 1% winners. Europe is mixed and quiet. London, Russia and Greece are up more than […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. Hong Kong rallied more than 2%; Indonesia and Singapore did better than 1%. Europe is currently mostly up. Greece is up more than 3%; London, Germany, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Russia, Denmark, Spain and Italy are up more than 1%. Futures here in the […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China fell 6.4%, and Hong Kong dropped more than 1%. Japan and Taiwan moved up more than 1%. Europe is currently up across-the-board. London, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Spain, Italy and Portugal are up more than 2%; Germany, Austria, Switzerland and many others are up […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and India dropped more than 1%; Malaysia, Taiwan and Japan were also weak. China and New Zealand did well. Europe is currently posting sizable, across-the-board losses. Belgium and Greece are down more than 3%, and Germany, France, Norway, the Czech Republic, […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. India and Indonesia dropped more than 1%; China was also weak. New Zealand and Singapore posted moderate gains. Europe is currently mostly down. Switzerland and Portugal are down more than 1%; Germany, London, France, the Netherlands, Hungary and Italy are also […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China rallied 2.4%; Japan, Hong Kong and Australia also did well. Europe is currently up across-the-board. Austria, Finland, Spain and Italy are up more than 2%; London, Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Russia, Poland and several others are up […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan and Indonesia dropped more than 1%; Australia was also weak. New Zealand and South Korea did moderately well. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is down more than 2%; Norway, Russia, Spain, Italy and Portugal are down more than 1%; Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden […]