Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. Australia, India and Hong Kong rallied more than 1%. Korea and Singapore also did very well. Europe is currently mostly up. Russia and Greece are up more than 1%. Austria, Belgium, London and Stockholm are also posting decent gains. Futures here in the States point […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan led with a 1.1% gain followed by Taiwan (up 0.5%) and India (up 0.4%). Singapore dropped the most (down 0.4%) followed by Australia (down 0.3%). Europe is currently mostly up. Greece is up 1.1% followed by London and France (up 0.6%) and Norway (up 0.5%). […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. India rallied 1.3% followed by Taiwan (up 0.9%), Indonesia and Korea (up 0.7%) and China (up 0.6%). Australia dropped 0.9%. Europe is currently mixed. Russian, Italy and Spain are down the most; there are no big up markets. Futures here […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the downside. Japan dropped 1.7% followed by Indonesia (down 0.6%) and Malaysia (down 0.5%). New Zealand moved up 0.3%. Europe is currently mixed, but only Greece (down 1.7%) has moved much. Norway, Stockholm and Prague are up; Austria is down. Futures here in the States point […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with mostly solid gains. India dropped 1%, but Australia and Hong Kong rallied more than 1% and China, Singapore, Indonesia, New Zealand and Korea did well too. Europe is currently mixed, and there’s not a single market up or down 0.5%. Futures here in the States point […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across the board. Japan, Korea, Indonesia and Australia are down the most. Europe is down across the board. Norway is down 2%; Austria, Stockholm, Switzerland, Prague, Russia and Greece are down around 1% or more. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. It’s like a national holiday here in Costa Rica as the country gets ready for another World Cup game. The Asian/Pacific markets did well. India and Korea led the way followed by China, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Malaysia. Europe is currently mixed. Prague and Greece are down more than 1%; Russia […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets lean to the downside. Hong Kong is down 1.7%, and New Zealand and Taiwan are down 0.4% and 0.5%. Australia and South Korea are out-performing. Europe currently leans to the downside. Greece is down 2.6% and Austria 0.8%. Belgium, Switzerland, Germany and […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Option Expiration day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. South Korea dropped 1.2%; Australia and New Zealand also dropped noticeably. Europe is currently trading mixed. London and Germany are up; Russia, Italy and France are down, but no market has moved much from its unchanged level. Futures here in the […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan and Australia rallied 1.6 and 1.5%. China dropped 1.6%. Europe is currently mostly up. Greece is leading the way with a 1% gain, followed by Spain, Italy, London, Germany, France and Russia. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the cash […]