Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan rallied almost 2%, Hong Kong 1.25% and Singapore almost 1%. Europe is currently mostly up. Greece is up 2.7%, Austria 1.4% and the Czech Republic 0.7%. Futures here in the States point towards a slight down open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. India, Indonesia and Japan dropped the most. South Korea moved up. Europe is currently mostly up. Spain and Greece are up 2%; Austria is up 1.2%; Germany, Switzerland and London are also posting decent gains. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan dropped 2.4%, China 1.8% and Indonesia 1.3%. Europe currently leans to the upside. Belgium, Italy and Spain are posting decent gains. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across the board. Hong Kong dropped 2.2%; China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and South Korea dropped more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly up across the board. Italy is up more than 1%; Austria, France, Germany, Amsterdam and Stockholm are doing moderately well. Futures here in the […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. Hope you had a great and safe new years. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. South Korea dropped 2.2%, India 1.2%. Indonesia rallied 1.2%. Europe is currently mixed. Greece is up 3.4%; Belgium, France and Spain are down. Futures here in the States point towards a down open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Happy New Years. Most of the Asian/Pacific markets were closed today. China rallied almost 1%. Many of the exchanges in Europe didn’t open either. Belgium moved down; London and France moved up. Futures here in the States point towards an up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Indonesia rallied 1.5%; Australia, Malaysia, Japan and Taiwan also did well. Europe is currently mixed. There are no notable winners or losers. Futures here in the States point towards a slight up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets, finally fully open since Monday, closed mostly up. China rallied 1.4%; India, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan also did well. Europe, also fully open, is also mostly up. Greece is up 4.3%. Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Stockholm, Switzerland and London are also doing very well. Futures here in […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. Several of the Asian/Pacific markets were closed today. China dropped 1.6%; Japan rallied 1%. Either Europe is closed or Yahoo Finance and Bloomberg aren’t updating their data. Futures here in the States point towards an up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Merry Christmas. I’m just going through the motions here…not really expecting anyone to read this. A few of the Asian/Pacific markets were closed today. Of the ones that opened, they closed mostly up, but gains were small. Most of Europe is closed. Small gains are posted by the open exchanges. Futures […]