Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Hong Kong lost 2.3% and India 1.5% while New Zealand gained 1.3%. Europe is currently down across the board. Other than Norway, every market is down at least 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a relatively big gap down open for the cash market […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up . South Korea gained 2.7% and India and Malaysia more than 1%. China dropped 1%. Europe is currently mixed, and not one index has moved more than 1% from its unchanged level. Futures here in the States point towards a solid gap up for the […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and for a change there were no big winners or losers. Only Indonesia moved more than 1% (up 1.1%). Europe is currently mixed, but there are no big movers there either. Futures here in the States point towards a small gap up open for the cash […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with huge across-the-board gains. South Korea gained 5%; Hong Kong and Indonesia better than 4%; Australia and Taiwan more than 3%. Europe is currently posting solid gains led by France and Germany which are up more than 4%. Futures here in the States point towards a large […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across the board. Indonesia lost more than 3%; Malaysia, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan lost more than 2%. Europe is currently up across the board. Germany is up more than 3%; Austria, France, Amsterdam and Switzerland are up more than […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Markets around the world continue to sell off. In the Asia/Pacific region, South Korea closed down almost 6%, Taiwan is down 3.5%, Japan is down 2% and several others are down at least 1%. In Europe, Switzerland is down 5.5%, Stockholm 3.4% and several others are down 2-3%. Futures here in […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. It’s not happy day for markets around the world. The Asian/Pacific markets got crushed. Indonesia down 9%…Hong Kong down 5%…Taiwan, South Korea and China down around 3%. Europe is also getting clobbered. Austria, Belgium, France and Germany are down more than 4%. Futures here in the States point towards a large […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy Fed Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong and Indonesia lost more than 1%. China rallied 2.7%. Europe is mostly down. France, Germany, Amsterdam and London are down more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a small gap down for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. India moved up 2.1%; Japan moved down 1.6% – those were the only 1% movers. Europe is up across the board. Germany is up 2.2%; several other indexes are up better than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across the board. Hong Kong and Indonesia dropped more than 2%. Several other indexes lost more than 1%. Europe is currently suffering stiff losses. Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and Amsterdam are down more than 2%. Futures here in the States […]