Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. China, Singapore, India did well; Malaysia and New Zealand lagged. Europe is currently posting big gains. Germany, France, Italy and Spain are up more than 2%; London, Austria, Amsterdam, Norway, Stockholm and Greece are up more than […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Taiwan moved up; South Korea, Indonesia, Australia and Singapore moved down. Europe is currently mostly down. Spain is down 2%, Italy; Austria, France and Prague are down more than 1%; London, Germany, Belgium, Amsterdam and Norway are also down noticeably. Futures […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Taiwan, Indonesia and Singapore closed up; Hong Kong, Australia and India closed down. Europe is currently mostly up, but with the exception of Greece, which is up 4.2%, gains and losses are on the smaller side. Germany, France, Italy, Amsterdam, Norway and Prague are posting the […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan rallied 2.2%; South Korea, Indonesia and Singapore also did well. Hong Kong and China were noticeably losers. Europe is currently up across-the-board. Greece is up more than 2%; Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium and Russia are up more than 1%. Futures here in the States […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Japan dropped nearly 3%, followed by Hong Kong (down 1.2%), Taiwan (down 1.1%), Singapore (down 0.8%) and Australia (down 0.7%). India and New Zealand closed up. Europe is currently mixed; gains and losses are on […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up, but gains were small. Japan, India, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore led. South Korea and China dropped. Europe currently leans to the downside. Greece and Norway are posting decent gains; Stockholm, Switzerland, Prague and Germany are down. Futures here in the States point towards […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan moved up; China, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea moved down. Europe is currently mixed. Germany, Belgium, Stockholm and Switzerland are up; France, Italy, Spain, Norway, Prague and Russia are down. Futures here in the States point towards an up […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China rallied 1%, followed by Hong Kong (up 0.55%) and Japan (up 0.43%). Taiwan dropped 1.28%, followed by Australia (down 0.93%) and Malaysia (down 0.49%). Europe is currently down across-the-board. Spain is down more than 2%; Italy, Prague, Germany and France are down more than 1%; […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed, but with the exception of a couple markets (Japan up 2.05%, Indonesia up 1.35%, New Zealand up 0.37%), gains and losses were small. Europe is currently mostly up. Spain is up 1.4%, followed by Italy (up 1.3%), Russia and France (up 0.7%) and Austria (up 0.5%). […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. China rallied 2.3%, Taiwan 1.5% and South Korea and New Zealand 0.95%. Japan dropped 0.6%. Europe is currently mostly up. Norway is up 1.2%, followed by Russia (up 0.9%), Austria (up 0.7%) and London, Prague […]