Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific market closed mixed and with a slight bullish bias. Australia, Japan and South Korea gained more than 1%. India dropped 2%, and China dropped 1%. Europe is currently down across the board. Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and Norway are all down at least […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across the board. Hong Kong lost 2.7%; Australia, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan dropped more than 1%. Europe is currently mixed. Germany and France are up; Austria and Belgium are down. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open for the cash […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across-the-board, but only Singapore dropped more than 1%. Europe is mixed with a slight bullish bias. There are no 1% movers. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across the board. Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan rallied more than 1%. Europe is currently mixed with a lean to the downside. Austria (up 1.8%) is the only 1% mover. Futures here in the States point towards a negative open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across the board. Taiwan dropped 2%. Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea dropped more than 1%. Europe is currently mixed. Belgium and Stockholm are the only 1% movers (down 1.1% and 1.2% respectively). Futures here in the States point towards a relatively small gap up […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. I hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with a slight bullish bias. China dropped 1.2%. Europe is currently up across-the-board. Belgium is up 2%; France, Germany and Amsterdam are up better than 1%. Futures here in the States suggest a relatively large gap up open […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy employment numbers day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. India and Australia moved up 2.2% and 1.4% respectively. China dropped 1.1%. Europe is currently up across the board; almost every index is up at least 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a large gap up open for the cash […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with solid across-the-board gains. Hong Kong rallied more than 5%, South Korea and Taiwan more than 3% and Australia, China, India and Singapore more than 2%. Europe is currently mixed; there are no 1% movers. Futures here in the States are flat.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China dropped 3%; Hong Kong and Taiwan dropped more than 1%. Malaysia rallied almost 2%. Europe is currently posting solid, across-the-board gains. Germany, France and Stockholm are up more than 3%. Belgium, Norway and London are up more than 2%. Futures here in the States are […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan and South Korea gained more than 2%; Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Taiwan rallied better than 1%. Europe is currently mixed. Amsterdam is up 1%; no other index has moved 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open […]