Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Indonesia dropped 2.4%; New Zealand also moved down. Japan and Hong Kong moved up. Europe is currently mixed. London and Norway are down. Greece is up 4.7%. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the downside. Australia and China dropped more than 1%; India moved up more than 1%. Europe is currently mixed. Russia and Greece are up more than 1%; Italy is down. Futures here in the States point towards a down open […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan dropped 1.4%, Australia 0.6%. India rallied 0.9%, Indonesia 0.8%. Europe is currently mostly down. Italy is up 0.6%; Greece is down 2.1%, France 1.4%, Austria 0.9%, Amsterdam and Norway 0.5%. Futures here in the States point towards a small down open […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the upside. China dropped 1.2%, Japan 0.8%. Hong Kong, Singapore, India and Australia posted moderate gains. Europe currently leans to the downside. Greece is down 4%, Italy and Spain more than 1%. Switzerland is posting the biggest gain at 0.6%. Futures here in the States point […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the upside. Indonesia, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore rallied more than 1%; there were no big down markets. Europe is currently mixed. Greece is up 1.8% and Switzerland 0.5%; Prague is down 0.9% – there are no other big movers. Futures here in the States […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan rallied almost 2%, India 1.4%, South Korea 0.9% and New Zealand 0.7%. Europe is currently mixed. Germany is up 0.7% and Russia 1.4%. Prague is down 1%, and Greece and Italy are down 0.6%. Futures here in the States point towards an up open […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. India, Hong Kong and China posted solid gains, Singapore and Taiwan dropped. Europe is currently mostly up. Greece is down 3.4%; Italy, Spain, Stockholm and Germany are leading. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. India rallied 2.9% and Indonesia 0.85%. Otherwise the indexes didn’t move much. Europe currently leans to the downside. Italy, Spain and Greece are down more than 1%. France is down 0.7%. Russia is up 0.6%. Futures here in the States point towards a down open for […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan, Australia and South Korea led the way; New Zealand was a noticeable loser. Europe is currently mostly up. Belgium and Italy are leading the way followed by Amsterdam, Norway, Stockholm, France and London. Futures here in the States point towards a slight down open […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. The biggest losses came from Japan (down 2.9%), Hong Kong, China, South Korea, Australia and India. Europe is currently mostly up. Germany, France, Amsterdam, Russia and Greece are leading. Futures here in the States point towards a gap up open for the cash market.