Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Friday. A few Asian/Pacific markets are still closed. Japan and New Zealand moved up today; Australia and India moved down. Europe is currently mixed, but gains and losses are small. France, Italy, Amsterdam and Stockholm are down; Austria, Prague and London are up. Futures in the States point towards a down open […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. Several Asian/Pacific markets were closed today. Japan and India moved up; Australia and New Zealand moved down. Europe is currently mixed. France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland and Greece are doing well. Russia (down 2.4%) and Norway (down 1%) are lagging. Futures here in the States point towards a down open for the […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan, Australia and Indonesia led with gains greater than 0.95%. Singapore and India also did well. Europe is currently mostly up. Stockholm, Russia, Italy and Greece are up more than 1%; Spain, Austria, Amsterdam and France are also doing well. Futures here in the States […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Hope you enjoyed your long weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed, and there weren’t any big winners or losers. Hong Kong and China moved up; Australia and Singapore moved down. Europe is currently mixed, and there are no big movers there either. London, Italy and Russia are up; Stockholm is down. […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with mostly solid gains. Japan dropped 0.4%, but Australia (up 2.2%), Hong Kong (up 1.1%), India and China (up 1%) did great along with Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand and South Korea. Europe is currently posting across-the-board gains. Greece is up 5.3%, followed by Russia, Italy and Norway, […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan (up 1.9%) and India (up 1%) led, followed by China (up 0.5%) and Hong Kong (up 0.4%). Singapore and New Zealand (down 0.7%) lagged, followed by Malaysia (down 0.6%) and Australia (down 0.4%). Europe is up across-the-board. Greece is up 4.4%; Italy, Russia, Prague, Stockholm […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China, India, South Korea and Taiwan did well; Australia, Malaysia and Hong Kong fell. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is down almost 4%, and Norway is down 1.6%. Spain, Stockholm, Switzerland, London and France are also weak. Russia is up 1.8%. Futures here in the […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. China (up 1.5%), Singapore (up 0.5%) and India (up 0.5%) did the best. South Korea (down 0.6%) and Indonesia (down 0.5%) pulled up the rear. Europe is currently mostly up. Greece is up 5.2%, followed by Spain (up 1.7%), Italy (up […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. India (down 1.7%), Hong Kong (down 0.6%), New Zealand (down 0.5%) and South Korea (down 0.4%) posted the biggest losses. China (up 0.6%) and Japan (up 0.4%) did ok. Europe is currently mixed. Spain (down […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Indonesia (up 1.2%), Japan (up 0.8%) and Singapore (up 0.7%) led while China (down 1.9%), Taiwan (down 0.6%) and India (down 0.5%) lagged. Europe is currently mixed. Russia (up 3.3%), Austria (up 0.6%) and Prague (up 0.5%) […]