Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Quad Witching Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with across-the-board gains. South Korea rallied almost 4%, and Japan and Taiwan moved up better than 2%. Europe is currently mostly up. Germany is the sole 1% winner. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap down for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Taiwan rallied over 2%; Australia, India, Japan, Singapore and South Korea gained more than 1%. Europe is posting solid across-the-board gains. France, Germany, Stockholm and London are up more than 2%. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed but with a bearish bias. South Korea dropped more than 3%; Taiwan more than 2%; Australia, Indonesia and Japan more than 1%. Europe is up across the board. France and Germany are rallying more than 2%. Several other indexes are up more than 1%. Futures here […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and for a change were relatively quiet. Europe is currently mixed; Germany is up 1.4%. Futures here in the States are all over the place. They were flat…then they dropped vertically…now they’re climbing back. There’ll be much more movement between the time I write this and […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across the board. Hong Kong lost more than 4%…Australia more than 3%…all other down at least 1%. Europe is currently getting hit hard. Losses are in the 2-4% range. Futures here in the States point towards a large gap down […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. India, Singapore and South Korea lost more than 1%. Europe is currently down across the board. Belgium, France, Germany and Stockholm are down more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a weakish open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up, but gains were small. Europe is currently mostly up; gains are small there too. Futures here in the States are down a couple points.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with solid across-the-board gains. Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan gained more than 2%. Europe is currently posting similar gains. Belgium, France, Germany and Stockholm are leading the way. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Hope you had a nice weekend. Yesterday, while the US markets were closed, the Asian/Pacific markets dropped 1-2%, and most European indexes sold off 4-5%. Today, the Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed but with a bearish bias. The biggest losers were Australia, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Europe is mostly up. The […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Australia, China, Hong Kong and Japan lost more than 1%. Europe is currently down across the board. Austria, France, Germany, Switzerland and London are down 2% or more. About 30 min before the employment data was released and 90 before the […]