Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. Today is a half day; tomorrow is a day off. Wall St. will be ghost town today. The Asian/Pacific markets (several were closed today) closed mixed and with a slight upward bias. There were no standout winners or losers. Half of Europe was closed today […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Quad Witching Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across-the-board. India, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan each dropped about 1%. Europe is currently mostly down, but no index is down more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a huge gap down for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan and Taiwan dropped more than 1%; there were no 1% winners. Europe is currently mixed. France, Amsterdam and Greece are up; Austria, Norway and the Czech Republic are down. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan led the way with a 2.4% gain while Australia, Hong Kong, India and South Korea also did well. Europe is mostly up. Greece is rallying 3.3%; Austria, Belgium, Norway and the Czech Republic are also doing well. Futures here in the States point towards […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with an upward slant. Japan, Malaysia and South Korea moved up. Europe is currently up across-the-board (except for Greece). Austria and the Czech Republic are leading the way; Belgium, Germany and London are doing well too. Futures here in the States point towards a gap […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with a downward slant. Japan rallied 0.9%; Taiwan dropped 0.9% and South Korea dropped 0.6%. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is down 2%; Amsterdam, Norway and London are down 0.5% or more. Futures here in the States point […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China rallied over 4%. Hong Kong also did well while Taiwan dropped. Europe is currently mixed; there are no big winners or losers. Futures here in the States point towards an up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China dropped; Japan, south Korea and Taiwan rallied. Europe is currently down across the board. Greece, Stockholm and Germany are posting the biggest losses. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Taiwan rallied 1%; Hong Kong and Singapore moved up 0.8%; Malaysia, Japan and South Korea also did well. Europe is currently mostly up, but there are no standout winners. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open for the cash […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up; there were no big winners or losers. Europe is currently up across the board. Greece is up 1.6%; Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Norway and the Czech Republic are also posting decent gains. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open for the cash […]