Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with stiff, across-the-board losses. Hong Kong, Japan and Singpore dropped 3% or more. South Korea and Taiwan fell more than 2%, and China, Australia, India and Indonesia lost more than 1%. Europe is getting crushed. Greece is down almost 6%; London, France, Austria, Norway and Italy are […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. China rallied 3.2%, Hong Kong 2.1%, Singapore 1.8% and India 1.2%. Europe is currently posting solid gains. Austria and Norway up more than 3%; London, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Russian, Greece, Poland, Finland, Portugal and Spain are […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China fell 3.6%. Hong Kong, India and South Korea dropped more than 1%. New Zealand rallied 1%. Europe is currently down across-the-board. Russia is down more than 4%; Austria, Denmark and Portugal are down more than 2%; London, Germany, France, Spain, […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China rallied 2%, but Japan dropped 2.7% and Singapore, Australia and Taiwan fell more than 1%. Europe is currently down across-the-board. Belgium is down more than 3%, Germany, France, Austria, Norway, Greece, Finland, Spain and Portugal are down more than 2%, and numerous markets are […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan rallied almost 3%; Hong Kong, Australia and South Korea did better than 1%. China dropped 2.4%. Europe is currently mostly up. London, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, Turkey Finland, Spain and Italy are each up more than 1%. Futures here in the […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Japan dropped 2.7%; Hong Kong, Singapore and India were also weak. Indonesia rallied 1.1%. Europe is posting solid gains. Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Poland are up more than 2%; London, Spain, Italy and many others are up more than […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across-the-board. China dropped 5.3%, Hong Kong 2.8% and Singapore, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea and Taiwan fell more than 1%. Europe is currently mixed. Russia is down 3.5%, and Norway, Poland and Portugal are down more than 1%. Germany, France, […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. China rallied 2%; Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea also did well. Europe is currently mixed. Austria is down 2%, and Belgium, Greece and Poland are down more than 1%. The Czech Republic, Finland and Hungary are […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with big, across-the-board losses. China dropped 7% and then was halted the rest of the day. Hong Kong fell more than 3%; Japan, Singapore, Australia and India dropped more than 2%; Indonesia, South Korea and Taiwan dropped more than 1%. Europe is currently suffering huge losses. Greece […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China rallied better than 2%, and Indonesia did better than 1%. Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and Taiwan fell more than 1%. Europe is currently pretty much down across-the-board. The Netherlands and Italy are down more than 2%; London, Germany, France, Norway, Switzerland, Denmark, Spain, […]