Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets close mixed. Australia, India, South Korea and Taiwan lost more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. Austria, Norway, Stockholm and London are down at least 1%. Futures here in the States are down a bunch. About half of yesterday’s move off the lows will be wiped out […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across-the-board. Australia, Japan and South Korea lost more than 2%. Europe is mostly down. Amsterdam and Stockholm are down more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a slightly positive open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across the board – most of the indexes lost at least 1%. Europe is currently down – there are several 1% losers. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap down for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Monday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across the board. Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea rallied more than 1%. Europe is currently up across the board. Austria, Amsterdam and London are up more than 1%. Futures here in the States are up big.

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across the board – South Korea and Taiwan lost more than 1%. Europe is currently down across the board – Belgium, France, Amsterdam and Switzerland are down more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap down open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Australia, India and Japan lost more than 1%. Europe is down across the board. Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and Stockholm are down more than 1%. Futures here in the States points towards a flat open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Europe is currently mostly down, but there are no standout losers. Futures here in the States point towards a negative open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong, Indonesia and Taiwan gained more than 1%; India lost more than 1%. Europe is currently mixed. There are no standout winners or losers. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down including China which dropped almost 3%. Europe is mostly down; losses are small to moderate. Futures here in the States point towards a sizable gap down open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across the board. Australia, India, Japan, Singapore and South Korea rallied more than 1%. Hong Kong gained more than 2%. Europe is currently up across the board. Gains are moderate; there are no 1% winners. Futures here in the States are flat.