Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and perhaps with a slight upward bias, but China dropped 1%. Europe is currently mixed; Stockholm is down 1.3%. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets are mostly up – Australia, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are posting nice gains. Europe is currently up across the board – most of the indexes are posting 1% gains or better. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed – there were no standout winners or losers. Europe is currently up across the board – France, Germany, Stockholm and Switzerland are up more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down, but losses weren’t great. Europe is currently down across the board – every market has lost at least 1%. Futures here in the States suggest a moderate gap down for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Taiwan rallied 1.1%, otherwise there were no big winners or losers. Europe is currently mostly down. Stockholm is down 0.9%, otherwise there are no standouts. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed; there were no big winners or losers. Europe is currently suffering moderate, across-the-board losses. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up; China, Hong Kong, India and Indonesia each rallied more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly up, but there are no big winners. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across the board. Hong Kong fell 3%, South Korea and Taiwan dropped over 2% and most of the other dropped better than 1%. Europe is also down across the board. Every market is down at least 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down; Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea lost more than 1%. Europe is getting crushed. Almost every index is down at least 1% and a couple are down 2%. Futures here in the States are getting hit hard. It’s […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific market closed mixed and with a bullish bias. Australia and Indonesia (up 1.1% and 1.6%) and India (down 1.2%) were the bigger movers. Europe is currently mixed and with a slight up bias. There are no big movers. Futures here in the States (30 min […]