Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan dropped 2%; China and Indonesia more than 1%. Europe is currently suffering pretty stiff across the board losses. Austria, France and Norway are down more than 2%. Belgium, Germany, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Switzerland, London and the Czech Republic are down more than 1%. Futures here […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed; there were no big movers. Europe is currently mostly down; Belgium is down 1.1%, Austria and Greece down about 0.7%. Futures here in the States point towards a slight positive open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down, but there were only a couple noticable movers. Indonesia dropped 1%, and Malaysia dropped 0.7%. Europe is currently down across the board. Austria and France are down 1%; Belgium is not far behind. Futures here in the States point […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. India rallied 2.2%; otherwise there were no big movers. Europe is currently mostly up. Greece is up 3.3%, Norway 1% and Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic are doing well too. Futures here in the States point towards an up open […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across the board. China dropped 2.1%, and Hong Kong, Malaysia and Japan dropped more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly down, but only Austria (down 1.5%) is down more than 1%. Greece is up 2.7%. Futures here in the States point towards a gap down open […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across the board. Hong Kong and Japan moved up more than 1%. Europe is mixed; there are no 1% winners or losers. Futures here in the States point towards a slight up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China and Indonesia led the way with 0.9% and 0.7% drops. Europe is currently down across the board. Austria and Belgium are down more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a down open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China dropped 2.1%; Japan ralled 1.8%. Europe is currently down across the board, but there are no standout losers. Futures here in the States point towards a down open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across the board. Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, South Korea and Taiwan rallied more than 2%; Australia, Japan and Singapore more than 1%. Europe is currently up across the board. Austria is up more than 3%; France, Norway, Stockholm, the Czech Republic and Greece more than 2%; […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. Happy FOMC Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Malaysia moved up; Australia and China moved down. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece, the Czech Republic, France and Astria are down the most. Futures here in the States point towards a negative open for the cash market.