Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Indonesia moved up; Malaysia and India moved down. Europe currently leans to the upside. Russia is up 3.1%; London, Germany, France, Spain and Amsterdam are up more than 1%. Stockholm and Greece are down more than 1%. Futures here in the […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan and India dropped more than 3%, Taiwan more than 2% and Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong more than 1%. Europe is currently mixed. Russia is leading (up 2%), followed by Italy (up 1.1%) and Germany (up 0.76%). Belgium is down […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China rallied another 3.6%, but Singapore dropped 1.3%, and Hong Kong, Malaysia and South Korea also dropped noticeably. Europe is currently mostly down. Russia is up 2.6%, but Greece is down 4.5% and Spain, Italy, Austria and Norway are […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy New Years. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China rallied 2.1%, followed by India (up 1.4%), Hong Kong (up 1.1%), South Korea (up 0.6%) and Australia (up 0.5%). Japan dropped 1.6%, and Malaysia fell 0.5%. Europe is currently mixed. Austria, Prague and Greece are up more than 1%; Italy and […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy New Years. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China rallied 2.2%; Hong Kong, India and Taiwan also did well. Japan, Indonesia and South Korea were closed. Most of Europe was closed. Greece, Amsterdam and France did well. Futures here in the States point towards an up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan, Hong Kong and Australia dropped more than 1%. Indonesia did well. Europe is currently mostly down. Russia is down 3.2%; Spain, London, Germany, France, Austria, Greece, Amsterdam and Norway are down 0.8% or more. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap […]

Good morning. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong and Australia rallied more than 1%. India, New Zealand and Taiwan also did well. South Korea dropped 1%, and Japan dropped 0.5%. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is down almost 5%; Italy is down 2.2%, Spain 2%; Austria, […]

Good morning addicts (yes, if you’re here today, you’re an addict). Happy Friday. Merry Christmas if that’s your thing; otherwise I hope you enjoyed your day off. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board (although some were closed). China rallied 2.8%; Malaysia and Taiwan also did well. Europe is closed today. Russia is up 1.4%. Futures […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China dropped 2% and India 1.1%. Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, South Korea and Singapore did well. Half of Europe was closed today. The markets that traded were mixed. Italy and Russia moved up. France moved down. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed, but only China (down 3%) and Australia (down 1.1%) moved much from their unchanged levels. Europe is currently mostly up. Russia (down 2.15%) and Greece (down 1.8%) are down. Italy, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Amsterdam and France are doing well. Futures here in the States point towards […]