Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Hong Kong led with a 2% gain, followed by Japan (up 0.8%) and Australia (up 0.7%). China dropped 1.6%, and South Korea fell 0.7%. Europe is mostly up. Austria and Switzerland are up more than 1%; Amsterdam, […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Taiwan (down 1.2%) and Japan (down 1%) led to the downside; Malaysia and South Korea closed up. Half of Europe was closed today. Greece, France, Germany and Amsterdam did well. Prague did not. Futures here in the States point towards a relatively big gap up for […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. India rallied 1.4%; Australia, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan also did well. Hong Kong and China dropped. Europe is currently mostly up. France, Greece and Stockholm are up more than 1%; Germany, Austria, Norway and Italy are also doing well. Futures here in the States […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China (up 1.6%), Australia (up 0.8%) and Indonesia (up 0.6%) did well. India (down 2.3%) and Kong Kong (down 1.1%) did not. Europe is currently posting pretty big across-the-board losses. Germany is down 2%; London, Spain, France, Austria and Stockholm are down more than 1%. Futures […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. China rallied 3%, followed by India (up 1.5%) and Japan (up 1.25%). Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea also did well. Europe is currently mixed. Belgium is up 3.1%, London is up 2.5% and Prague […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. China rallied 2.3%, India 1.9% and Hong Kong 1.1%. Europe is currently mostly up. London, France, Belgium, Amsterdam, Italy, Spain and Switzerland are all up 0.9% or better. Futures here in the States point towards an up […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with across-the-board losses. China dropped almost 3%; Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan fell more than 1%; Australia, Malaysia and Singapore were also weak. Europe is currently mostly down. London and Russia are down more than 1%. France, Belgium and Switzerland are also weak. Greece is up almost […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Australia and India dropped more than 2%; South Korea and China fell more than 1%. Europe is currently mixed. Germany and Italy are up more than 1%; Spain and France are also doing well. Russia is down 0.8%; Switzerland is down 0.5%. Futures here in […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China dropped 4%, and Hong Kong fell 1.3%. Malaysia, Indonesia and New Zealand closed up. Europe is currently mixed. Greece is down 3.8%, Italy 0.9% and Stockholm 0.5%. Russia is up 2.4%, Switzerland 0.9% and London 0.5%. Futures here in the States point towards a down […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. India rallied 1.8%, followed by Indonesia (up 1.1%) and China (up 0.9%). New Zealand fell 0.5%. Europe is currently posting mostly solid gains. Germany, France, Austria, Amsterdam, Norway and Italy are up more than 1%. Spain, Stockholm and Prague […]