Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan rallied 2.5%, China 1.8% and Hong Kong and Singapore also did well. Taiwan dropped 0.6%. Europe is currently mostly up. Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy and the Czech Republic are up more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a big gap up […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Malaysia and Japan dropped more than 1%; Singapore and Taiwan also dropped noticeably. Europe is currently mixed. Greece and London are leading to the upside, Italy and Spain to the downside. Futures here in the States suggest a flat open for the […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with an upward slant. India dropped 1.3%; China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan did well. Europe is currently mixed. Greece and Austria are leading to the downside; Stockholm and Italy are doing well. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open for the […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan dropped 3.3%, China and Indonesia more than 1%. Europe is currently mixed. Greece and Spain are doing well. Otherwise there no big movers. Futures here in the States point towards a down open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed, and other than Japan (down 3%), none of the indexes moved much. Europe is currently mixed. Spain and Greece are leading to the upside; Switzerland is lagging the most. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap down open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across-the-board. India, Indonesia, Japan and Singapore dropped 0.9% or more. Europe is currently down across-the-board. Austria, France, Germany, Amsterdam, Norway, Switzerland, London and Italy are down 0.6% or more. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap down open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. India and Indonesia lost about 1%; New Zealand, South Korea and Taiwan did the best but none of the markets gained 1%. Europe is currently up across-the-board. France, Germany, Stockholm, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and the Czech Republic are leading. Futures here in the States point towards […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across the board. Hong Kong rallied 2.3%, China 2% and Indonesia, South Korea and Taiwan better than 1%. Europe is currently mostly up. Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic are leading the way. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open for the cash […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Australia, China, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan led the way; Indonesia dropped 1%. Europe is currently mixed. Only Stockholm (down 0.7%) and Greece (up 0.6%) have moved much. Futures here in the States point toward a slight up open […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with a bearish slant. China, Japan and Taiwan each dropped more than 1.5%; there were no big winners. Europe is currently trading mostly down. Italy and Norway are doing well to the upside; The Czech Republic and Greece are leading to […]