Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Friday. The market is closed today, but the employment numbers were released. For the sake of completeness (in case we want to look back in the future to see what the numbers were) here they are.

Good morning. Happy Thursday. Happy early Easter and Passover. The market is closed tomorrow, so today is the last trading day of the week. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan and Taiwan rallied better than 1%; Australia and Hong Kong also did well. Europe is currently mixed, but movement is small. Only Greece (down […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Japan and Indonesia fell 0.9%, Taiwan dropped 0.8% and South Korea lost 0.6%. China rallied 1.7%, followed by India (up 1.1%) and Hong Kong (up 0.7%). Europe is currently mostly up. France, Austria, Russia and Italy are up more than 1%, […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Indonesia rallied 1.5%, followed by Australia (up 0.8%), Taiwan (up 0.7%) and Korea and Malaysia (up 0.5%). Japan and China each dropped 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. London is down 1.3%, followed by Amsterdam (down 0.9%), Germany (down 0.8%) and […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closes mostly up. China rallied 2.6%, followed by India (up 1.9%) and Hong Kong (up 1.5%). Australia dropped 1.2%, and New Zealand fell 0.6%. Europe is currently mostly up. Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Amsterdam, Stockholm and Russia are all up more than […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Taiwan dropped 1.2%, followed by Japan (down 1.0%). Australia rallied 0.7%, followed by Singapore and Indonesia (up 0.5%). Europe is currently mixed. Austria is down 1%, and Prague is down 0.8%. France and Germany are up 0.5%. Futures here in the States point towards a flat […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. India dropped more than 2%; Japan, Australia and South Korea fell more than 1%. Europe is currently down across-the-board. Greece is down more than 3%, Stockholm and Amsterdam more than 2% and London, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, Switzerland and Prague more than 1%. Futures […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Hong Kong moved up 0.5%; other up markets posted small gains. China and Indonesia dropped 0.8%, followed by Taiwan (down 0.7%). Europe is currently mostly down. Russia is down 1.2%, followed by Italy (down 1%), France (down 0.9%), Germany and Spain (down 0.8%) and Amsterdam (down […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Malaysia rallied 1%; Hong Kong fell 0.4%. Everything else stayed relatively close to home. Europe is currently mostly up. Greece is up 2.3%, followed by Italy (up 0.7%) and Belgium (up 0.5%). Austria is down 0.4%. Futures here in the States point towards an up open […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China rallied 2%, and Japan moved up 1%. Malaysia dropped 0.7%. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is up 2.2%, followed by London and Belgium (up 0.8% each). Germany is down 1%, followed by France, Russia and Stockholm (down 0.7% […]