Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan rallied 1%; Australia, Malaysia and New Zealand also did well. Taiwan dropped 1%; Indonesia also did poorly. Europe currently leans to the downside. Germany, France and Amsterdam are all posting decent losses. Austria is up 0.75%. Futures here in the States point towards a gap […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Singapore rallied 1%, Malaysia 0.8% and Indonesia 0.6%. China was the only big down market; it fell 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is down 2.3%, followed by Amsterdam (down 0.97%), Norway (down 0.79%) and Russia (down 0.46%). Stockholm is up 0.6%. Futures here is […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan rallied 2.6%; Hong Kong, Australia, South Korea and Taiwan rallied more than 1%. Europe currently leans to the upside. Stockholm, Switzerland, Belgium and Norway are leading. Futures here in the States point towards a down open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan dropped 2%, followed by South Korea (down 0.77%) and China (down 0.72%). Singapore and New Zealand both rallied 0.68%, and India moved up 0.55%. Europe is currently posting solid, across-the-board gains. Greece is up more than 4%, Austria, Norway and Italy are up more than […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. Japan rallied 4%, followed by Taiwan (up 1.77%), South Korea (up 1.55%), India (up 1.23%) New Zealand (up 0.99%) and Australia (up 0.9%).Europe is currently mostly down. London, Germany, France, Amsterdam and Norway are down more than 1%; Spain, […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan and Taiwan dropped 1.4%; South Korea dropped 0.95%. Everything else closed up, led by Indonesia (up 1.56%) and Malaysia (up 0.97%). Europe is curretly posting very big, across-the-board gains. Greece is up almost 7%; Norway is up better than 3%; […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan dropped more than 2%, and India, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore fell more than 1%. Europe is currently posting big, across-the-board losses. Spain is down almost 4%, Italy, France, Austria, Belgium, Norway, Switzerland and Prague are down more than 2% and Amsterdam, Stockholm, Greece, […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Indonesia, Australia, Japan and China each rallied 0.6 – 0.9%. Taiwan dropped 1.3%. Europe is currently getting hit hard. Greece is down 5.5%, and Italy is down 2.34%. Spain, London, Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, Amsterdam, Norway, Stockholm and Prague are down […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan dropped 2.4%; New Zealand and Hong Kong fell around 0.4%. Australia rallied 1%, followed by Taiwan (up 0.65%). Europe currently leans to the downside. Greece is down an incredible 5.2%. Italy, Austria, Belgium, Amsterdam and Prague are down 0.7 – 0.9%. Russia is up 1.22%. […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific market closed mostly down. Taiwan dropped 2.8%, followed by Malaysia (down 2.4%) and Indonesia and New Zealand (about 1%). Australia, South Korea and Singapore dropped 0.6 – 0.7%. Europe, which was down a bunch in early trading, is currently mostly up. Austria is […]