Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Australia dropped 1.6%; Hong Kong, New Zealand and Taiwan were also weak. Indonesia, Malaysia and South Korea did well. Europe currently leans to the downside. Norway, Greece and Portugal are down more than 1%; Sweden, Poland, Turkey and Switzerland are also […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Happy New Year. Hope you had a great, long weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets got hit hard. China dropped almost 7%, Japan more than 3%, and Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, South Korea and Taiwan fell more than 2%. Europe is currently getting hit hard. Germany is down more than 3%; London, France, […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China dropped almost 1%; India and Taiwan did well. Half of Europe was closed today. Greece is doing very well. Poland and Spain are down more than 1%; London, Turkey, Italy and the Netherlands are also weak. Futures in the States point towards a gap down […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and New Zealand moved up; Hong Kong and India moved down. Europe currently leans to the downside. There aren’t any big movers. Germany, London, Poland and Italy are worst off. Futures here in the States point towards a down open for the cash […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Australia and New Zealand rallied better than 1%; China, Japan and Malaysia also did well. Europe is mostly up. Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Poland, Finland and Italy are up more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China dropped 2.6%, followed by South Korea (down 1.3%) and Hong Kong (down 1%). India and Indonesia each rallied about 0.8%. Europe is currently mostly down. Turkey is up more than 1%. Greece and Portugal are down more than 1%, […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. Happy Christmas Eve Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Australia rallied more than 1%; New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore also did well. Japan and China dropped. Europe is mostly closed today. The countries that are trading haven’t moved much. Futures here in the States are […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong, India and Malaysia gained more than 1%; Australia and New Zealand also did well. Europe is currently posting mostly solid, across-the-board gains. London, France, the Netherlands, Norway and Spain are up more than 2%; Germany, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Russia, Turkey, […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Indonesia, Malaysia and South Korea did the best, but no market gained more than 1%. India dropped. Europe is currently mixed, but there are very few big movers. Turkey, Greece, Denmark and Hungary are down; London, the Netherlands and Spain are up. Futures in the […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China moved up 1.4%; India and Indonesia also did well. Europe currently leans to the upside. Turkey is up more than 1%; London, Germany and Sweden are also doing well. Spain is down more than 2%; Belgium is also […]