Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan, Hong Kong and Australia rallied more than 2%; Singapore, India, South Korea and Taiwan did better than 1%. Europe is currently mostly up. Germany, Norway, Russia, Denmark and Finland are up more than 1%; France, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy and Portugal are also […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore fell more than 1%. China rallied 1.1%; India also did well. Europe is posting solid, across-the-board gains. Austria and Greece are up more than 3%; Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Denmark, Finland, Spain, Italy and Portugal are up more than 2%. […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Hope you had a good weekend and enjoyed your extra day off. Time to get back to work. Yesterday… China dropped in its first day of trading after being closed for a week. Otherwise the Asian/Pacific markets did great. Japan rallied better than 7%; Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Australia and New […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan dropped almost 5%. Hong Kong, Australia, Indonesia and South Korea fell more than 1%. China remained closed. Europe is currently mostly up. Austria and Italy are up more than 2%; London, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Greece, Denmark and Belgium are up more […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Hong Kong dropped 3.85%, followed by India (down 3.4%), South Korea (down 2.9%) and Singapore (down 1.7%). Australia and Indonesia both moved up 0.9%. Japan, China and Taiwan were closed. Europe is currently posting big, across-the-board losses. Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal are down more […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Parts of Asia remained closed. Japan dropped more than 2%; Singapore, Australia, India and Malaysia fell more than 1%. Europe is currently posting solid gains. Italy is up more than 4%, Denmark and Spain more than 3%, and Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Greece are up […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Several of the Asian/Pacific markets remain closed. Japan dropped an incredible 5.4%; Australia fell 2.8%; India and New Zealand dropped more than 1%. Europe is suffering big, across-the-board losses. Greece is down more than 5%, Austria and Italy more than 3%, and France, the Netherlands, Turkey, Denmark, Hungary, Spain and Portugal […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. Many of the Asian/Pacific markets were closed today. Japan gained 1.1%; India dropped 1.3%. Europe is posting big, across-the-board losses. Greece is down more than 6%, Denmark more than 4%, Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Spain are down more than 3%, and London, Germany, […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Singapore and Indonesia ralled more than 2%; India gained more than 1%. Japan dropped more than 1%, and China was also weak. Europe is currently mostly up, but gains are small. Austria, Norway and Hungary are up […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Australia rallied 2%; China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia and South Korea gained more than 1%. Europe is currently mixed. Greece is down more than 4%, and Switzerland is down more than 1%. Norway, Russia, Poland, Turkey and Hungary are up more than 1%; the Netherlands […]