Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Indonesia rallied 2.3%, China 1.8%, and Japan and Singapore moved up 1%. Europe is currently mostly up. Switzerland, Finland, Italy, Portugal and Denmark are up more than 2%; Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Prague and Spain are up more than 1%. Turkey is […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across the board. Indonesia fell more than 3%, Hong Kong and Singapore more than 2%, Japan, China, Australia, India, Malaysia, New Zealand and Taiwan more than 1%. Europe is also extremely weak. Belgium is down more than 3%, Germany, France, Netherlands, Finland and Italy more than […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across-the-board. Indonesia fell 2.7%, Singapore 1.4%, Malaysia 1.1% and India, South Korea and Taiwan more than 0.8%. Europe is currently mostly down. Turkey is up more than 2%, Greece more than 1% and Russia is also doing well. Germany, France, Belgium and Portugal are down more […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China rallied almost 5%. Japan and Australia also did well. Malaysia fell 1.7%. India and Indonesia also fell. Europe currently leans to the downside. Greece and Spain are up more than 1%; Sweden and Switzerland are also doing well. Turkey […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China moved up 2.3%, but Australia dropped 2.3%, New Zealand fell 1% and Indonesia and Malaysia lost 0.7%. Europe currently leans to the downside. Greece is up almost 2%; Poland, Austria, Sweden and Russia are also up. Denmark is down more […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan dropped more than 0.9%. Europe currently leans to the downside. Poland is down more than 2%; Norway, Russia, Denmark, Hungary and Portugal are down more than 1%. Greece is up about 3%, and Turkey is doing well. Futures here […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Indonesia rallied 1.5%; Japan, Hong Kong and India also did well. China dropped 1.7%. Europe is currently mostly up. Germany, France, Russia and Italy are up more than 1%; London, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Denmark, Spain and Belgium are also doing well. Greece is down almost […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. China rallied 3.7%, and South Korea moved up 1%. Malaysia dropped 1.2%; India, Indonesia and New Zealand were also weak. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is down more than 2%. Spain and Italy are down more than 1%; France, Austria, […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. China, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong fell 0.9% or more. Malaysia rallied 1.2%. Europe currently leans to the upside. Greece has started trading again. Their market is down 16%, but this is no surprise […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China and Singapore dropped more than 1%; India, Indonesia and Malaysia rallied more than 1%. Europe is currently mixed, but there aren’t many big movers. Turkey is up more than 1%. Poland and Denmark also doing well. Norway, Spain and Portugal are down the most. […]