Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. China rallied 5.3%, followed by Indonesia (up 4.6%), Hong Kong (up 3.6%), Singapore (up 2.6%) and India (up 2%). Japan, Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand and Taiwan rallied more than 1%. Europe is currently up across-the-board. Austria is up 3%; London, Germany, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China, Hong Kong and India dropped more than 1%. Japan gained 3.2%, South Korea 2.6% and Malaysia 1.1%. Europe is currently mostly down, but movement is nowhere near what it’s been. Norway is up. Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland, Spain, Italy and Portugal are […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets moved in opposite directions. China (down 7.6%) and Japan (down 4%) got crushed. Taiwan rallied more than 3%, Malaysia and Australia more than 2% and India, Indonesia and Singapore more than 1%. Europe is currently posting big, across-the-board gains. Greece is up 8.6%; Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets got crushed. The losses are what you’d see in high-beta tech stocks, not indexes of entire countries. China fell 8.5%, Hong Kong and India more than 5%, Australia, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia and Singapore more than 4%, and Malaysia, New Zealand and South […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with mostly big, across-the-board losses. China fell more than 4%, Japan and Taiwan more than 3%, South Korea and Indonesia more than 2%, and Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is down 3%; London, Germany, […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China dropped more than 3%; Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, India and South Korea fell more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is down more than 2%; France, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Prague, Turkey, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Spain, Italy, Switzerland and Norway are down 1% […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with some notable movers in both directions. Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan dropped more than 1%; China and Australia moved up more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. London, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden and Finland are down more than 1%; France, Norway, Switzerland and Portugal […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China dropped more than 6%. Hong Kong, Australia and Indonesia fell more than 1%. Europe currently leans to the downside, but there aren’t many big movers. Russia, Hungary and Luxembourg are down more than 1%. Greece is also weak. Futures here in the States point […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the downside. Malaysia, Taiwan and Singapore dropped more than 1%; Hong Kong, India and South Korea were also weak. China and New Zealand did well. Europe currently leans to the upside, but there’s very little movement. Greece and Portugal are […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Malaysia dropped 1.5%, followed by New Zealand (down 0.7%) and Australia (down 0.5%). India rallied 1.9%, and Singapore moved up 0.7%. Europe currently leans to the downside, but there aren’t many big movers. Greece is down 2.5%; Norway, Netherlands and Belgium are also down. Russia and […]