Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Quad Witching Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China led with a 1% gain, followed by Singapore (up 0.8%). India dropped 0.7%. Europe is currently mostly up. Greece is up 2.7%, followed by Germany (up 1.3%), Russia (up 1%) and Prague and Italy (up 0.7%). Futures here in the States […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Australia (up 1.8%) and Hong Kong (up 1.5%) led; Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan also did well. Europe is currently mostly up. Italy (up 1.2%) and Austria (up 1%) are leading; Prague is also doing well. Greece is down 1.3%. Futures here in the States […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China rallied 2.1%, followed by Taiwan (up 1.2%) and Hong Kong (up 0.9%). New Zealand dropped 1%, followed by Indonesia (down 0.5%) and India (down 0.4%). Europe is currently mixed. Greece is down 4.2%, followed by Austria and Italy (down 0.9%) and Germany […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. South Korea rallied more than 2%; Japan, China and India more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. Germany, Italy, Spain and Stockholm are down more than 1%; Austria, Belgium, Amsterdam and France are down more than 0.8%. Greece is up 1.9%. Futures here in […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China rallied 2.3%, followed by Hong Kong (up 0.5%) and Singapore (up 0.4%). Taiwan dropped 0.7%, and Australia fell 0.3%. Europe is currently mostly up. Germany, Belgium and Amsterdam are up more than 1%; Stockholm, Italy and Spain are also […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Japan rallied 1.4%, followed by South Korea (up 0.8%) and China (up 0.7%). India fell 1.5%, followed by Australia (down 0.5%). Europe currently leans to the downside, but other than Russia and Greece (down 1.7% and 1.2%), movement is minimal. Prague […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan and China rallied more than 1%; Australia, India and Taiwan also posted solid gains. Europe is currently mixed. Norway (up 1.5%) and London (up 1%) are leading; Greece (down 0.6%) is lagging. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Hong Kong and Indonesia dropped 0.8%, Singapore and Malaysia about 0.6%. Europe is currently mostly up. Germany, France, Amsterdam and Italy are up more than 1%; Spain, Belgium, Stockholm, Switzerland and Russia are also posting solid gains. Greece is down 1%. Futures here in the […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Hong Kong (down 0.9%), Japan (down 0.7%) and China and India (down 0.5%) dropped the most. Europe is posting relatively big losses. Russia is down 2.7%, followed by Austria and Norway (down 1.4%), London (down 1.3%), Italy (down 1.2%) and Stockholm […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. India dropped more than 2%, Australia, Indonesia and South Korea more than 1%. Malaysia, Taiwan and Japan were also weak. China rallied almost 2%. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is down 4.2%, London is down about 1.2% and […]