Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with an up bias. India and Japan rallied more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. Germany is down almost 2%. Futures here in the States point towards a negative open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across the board. Singapore rallied over 3%, and Hong Kong, India, South Korea and Taiwan gained over 1%. Europe is currently up across the board. No index is up 2% but several are up more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a solid […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong, India and Japan did well. Europe is currenly most up. Austria, Amsterdam and Londone are leading the way. Futures here in the States point towards a down open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Monday. I hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. India rallied 3.6%; South Korea moved up 2.8%; several others gained more than 1%, but China dropped 1.4%. Europe is currently up across the board…better-than 1% gains are being posted. Futures here in the States suggest a solid […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. India and Malaysia lost more than 1%. Europe is down across the board. Every market (except Austria) is down at least 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a negative open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Taiwan lost more than 1%, but Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore gained more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly up; gains are not quite as big as in Asia. Futures here in the States point toward a positive open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Hong Kong lost more than 2%; India, Japan, Singapore and South Korea lost more than 1%. Europe is currently trading up. Austria is up more than 2%; Belgium, Germany and Norway are up more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a gap […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. South Korea and Taiwan gained more than 3%; Australia and Hong Kong rallied more than 2%. Europe is posting solid across-the-board gains. Austria, France, Germany, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Switzerland and London are up more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a large gap […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan and South Korea lost more than 1%. India gained more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly up, and there are some big winners. Belgium, France, Stockholm, Switzerland and London are up more than 2%. Futures here in the […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. It’s not such a happy day for stocks around the world. The Asian/Pacific markets got hit hard. South Korea dropped over 6%, Indonesia fell more than 4% and Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan lost over 3%. Europe is only slightly better off. It too is suffering across-the-board losses. And futures […]