Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with a bearish bias. Japan rallied 1.7%, Australia 1%. Hong Kong dropped 1.1% while China and Indonesia dropped 0.7%. Europe is currently trading mixed and with a slightly bearish bias. France, Norway and Spain are down 0.7% or more. Futures here in […]
Category: Before the Open
Before the Open (Jun 18)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Indonesia, Singapore and South Korea led the way. Europe is currently mixed. Greece is up 2.7%; otherwise there are no big winners or losers. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Jun 17)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan rallied 2.7%, and Hong Kong moved up 1.2%. Europe is currently mostly up. Greece is down 2.4% while Switzterland, Amsterdam, Germany, Spain and France are up more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a big […]
Before the Open (Jun 14)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. Indonesia rallied better than 3%; Australia, India, Malaysia, Japan and Singapore move up 1% or more. Europe is currently mostly up. Austria, Belgium and Greece are leading the way. Futures here in the States point towards a slightly down open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Jun 13)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across-the-board. Japan dropped more than 6%; China, Hong Kong and Taiwan dropped more than 2%; Indonesia, Malaysia and South Korea dropped more than 1%. Europe is currently down across-the-board. Belgium, Germany, Stockholm, Switzerland and the Czech Republic are down more than 1%. Futures here in the […]
Before the Open (Jun 12)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China and Hong Kong dropped more than 1%. Indonesia rallied almost 2%. Europe is currently split. Italy and Norway are posting solid gains; Belgium is down 1.5%. Futures here in the US point towards a moderate gap up open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Jun 11)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Indonesia dropped 3.5%; China, Hong Kong, India and Japan dropped more than 1%. Europe is down across-the-board. Greece is down 4.5%, and France, Germany, Amsterdam, Norway, Switzerland, London, Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic are down more than 1%. Futures here in the States point […]
Before the Open (Jun 10)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan rallied 5%, and Malaysia, New Zealand and Taiwan also did well. Indonesia dropped 1.8%. Europe is currently mixed. Greece is down almost 6%; Belgium is down 1.6%. Germany and London are doing well. Futures here in the States […]
Before the Open (Jun 7)
Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Indonesia dropped almost 3%; China, Hong Kong and South Korea dropped more than 1%. Europe is currently down. Austria is up 1%; Belgium is down 1.6% while Norway, Stockholm, Greece and the Czech Republic are down noticeably. Prior to the release […]
Before the Open (Jun 6)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan each dropped more than 1%. Europe is currently mixed. Stockholm and Belgium are down the most; France and Amsterdam are up. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the cash market.