Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan, India, Hong Kong, China and Singapore all did very well. Europe is currently mostly down. France, Austria, Stockholm, Switzerland, Italy and Russia are doing the worst. Futures here in the States point towards an up open for the […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China rallied 2.7%; Hong Kong, Australia and South Korea also did well. New Zealand lagged. Europe is currently mixed. Russia is down 2%; Amsterdam, Norway, Switzerland and Germany are doing the best. Futures here in the States point towards an up […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Indonesia dropped 2.5%; Japan, Hong Kong, China, Australia, South Korea and Taiwan fell more than 1%. Europe is currently down across the board. London and Stockholm are down more than 1%; Germany, France, Spain and Greece are also down moderately. Futures here in the States […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan, Australia, Indonesia and New Zealand moved up, Taiwan, Singapore and China moved down. Europe currently leans to the upside. Germany, Italy and Austria are leading, Russia is lagging. Futures here in the States point towards an up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific market close mostly up. Indonesia fell 1.5%; New Zealand, South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong did well. Europe is currently mostly up. Russia is up 2.4%; Belgium, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Greece and France are doing well. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China, Singapore and Malaysia moved up; there were no big down markets. Europe is currently up across the board. Greece is up 2.4%, and Austria, Prague and Russia more than 1%. Italy, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Germany and France are also doing […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan dropped 3.3%; Hong Kong and Australia more than 1%. Indonesia rallied 3.2%. Europe is currently down across-the-board. Belgium, Russia, Prague and Spain are down more than 2%. France, Amsterdam, Stockholm and Greece are down more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the upside. China, Indonesia and Taiwan did well; Hong Kong and Singapore lagged. Europe is currently mixed. Russia is down 1.4% followed by Belgium and Greece. Prague and Spain are doing well. Futures here in the States point towards an up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets are mostly down. Japan is down 2.6%, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea more than 1%. Europe is currently down across the board. London, Germany, France, Italy, Amsterdam, Norway, Russia and Prague are down more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a down open for […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up, but gains were small. Japan, Indonesia, South Korea and Taiwan did the best. India lagged. Europe is currently mixed. Russia is down 2.2%, otherwise the indexes are little moved from their unchanged levels. Futures here in the States point towards a flat-to-down open for the […]