Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Taiwan moved up 1.1%; Indonesia and Singapore rallied 0.6% and 0.5% respectively. China dropped 0.5%. Europe is currently mostly down. France is down 0.8%; Norway, Stockholm, Switzerland, London and Greece are down at least 0.5%. Futures here in the States […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Taiwan rallied 3.1%, Hong Kong 0.8% and China 0.6%. Europe is currently mostly up. Belgium and the Czech Republic are up more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with an upward bias. China, Hong Kong, India and Japan did well; Taiwan did not. Europe is currently mixed. None of the market have moved much from their unchanged levels. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Australia, New Zealand and South Korea moved up; China moved down. Europe is currently mostly down, but none of the indexes have moved much. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. First setting stage -> today and Tuesday should be fairly regular days. The market is open Wednesday, but it’ll be dead. It’s then closed Thursday for Thanksgiving, and Friday is a half day and will be dead again. So this is like a 2-day week.

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China and India dropped more than 0.8%; Japan rallied 2.2%. Europe is currently mostly down. Belgium, Amsterdam and London are down 0.5% or more; Greece is up 0.9%. Futures here in the States suggest a positive open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan rallied almost 2%, but China, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea dropped more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. Amsterdam, Stockholm and Switzerland are down more than 1%; Germany and the Czech Republic are also posting noticeable losses. Futures here in the States […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with an upward bias. Hong Kong rallied 1.2%; Singapore dropped 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is up 1.2%; Belgium, France, Germany, Amsterdam and London are down at least 0.5%. Futures here in the States point towards positive open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Australia, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan closed down more than 1%. Europe is currently down across the board. The Czech Republic, Norway and Greece are down more than 1%; Austria, Germany and Stockholm are down more than 0.7%. Futures here in the States point towards […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down, but only Japan (down 0.9%) moved much from its unchanged level. Europe is currently mostly up, but there are no big movers. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the cash market.