Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China rallied 1.85, and Japan moved up 1%. Australia, India and Indonesia did poorly. Europe currently leans to the upside. Germany, France and Denmark are up more than 1%; Switzerland and Russia are also doing well. Greece and Turkey are down more than 1%. Futures in […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China gained more than 4%, Hong Kong more than 2%, Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan and Singapore more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly up. London, France, Austria, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Hungary and Spain are up more than 1%. Futures here in the States point […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Australia, Indonesia and Taiwan rallied more than 1%; Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia also did well. Europe leans to the downside. Greece, Poland, Turkey, Germany, Italy and Czech Republic are weak; Russia, Denmark, Norway and Romania are doing well. Futures in the States point towards […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Japan dropped more than 2%; Australia, Hong Kong and China fell more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly up. Turkey is up more than 5%, Greece more than 2%, and Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Russia, Denmark, […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down, but losses were minimal. India, Australia and Hong Kong were weak; Japan did well. Europe is currently mixed, and movement is minimal there too. Greece is down 2.5%. Otherwise, Belgium, Russia and Finland are doing the best; Netherlands, Turkey, Hungary and Spain are weakest. Futures […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Indonesia dropped 3%; Australia, Malaysia, Taiwan and Singapore fell more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. London, Austria, Norway, Poland, Denmark and Italy are down more than 1%; Germany, France, Russia, Spain and Sweden are also weak. Portugal is doing well. Futures here in […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China dropped 2.1%. Japan, Singapore, Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan rallied 0.9% or more. Europe is currently mixed and little moved from its unchanged levels. Spain, Portugal, Turkey and Norway are doing the best. Futures here in the States point towards […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China rallied almost 5%, Hong Kong more than 2% and Australia, India and South Korea more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly up. London, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal are up more than 1%. Futures here in the States point […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China dropped 3.5%. Singapore, Australia and Indonesia fell more than 1%. Europe is little moved from their unchanged levels. Turkey is up more than 2%; Italy is also doing well. Belgium and Netherlands are down more than 1%; Portugal and Sweden are also down. Futures […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. China dropped 2.7%, and Japan fell 1.6%. Malaysia rallied 2.3%. India and Indonesia also did well. Europe currently leans to the downside. Netherlands, Sweden and Greece are down more than 1%. Italy, Portugal, Czech Republic […]