Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. India gained 1.9%; nothing else moved much. Europe is up across the board; there are a few moderate winners. Futures here in the States point towards gap up open for the cash market which will be above the high of the week.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets close mixed. Hong Kong dropped 1%; Japan rallied 1%. Europe is currently down across the board; several markets are down 0.75% or more. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap down open for the cash market which will open the indexes much closer to yesterday’s […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with a bearish tone, but there were no standout winners or losers. Europe is currently mixed – no standouts there either. Futures here in the States are mixed and mostly flat.

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up – Hong Kong, Indonesia, South Korea and Taiwan rallied more than 1%. Europe is currently mixed – there are no standout winners or losers. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board – Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Malaysia rallied more than 1%. Europe is currently mixed – there are no big winners or losers. 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. Australia, India, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan rallied more than 1%, but China dropped 1.1%. Europe is up across the board; all the major exchanges are up at least 1%. Futures here in the States suggest a moderate gap up for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up, but gains were small. Europe is currently mostly up, but only Austria is up more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down – Australia, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea each lost around 1%. Europe currently leans to the upside, but other than Stockholm (up 0.9%), gains and losses are very small. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China and India rallied more than 2%; Hong Kong and South Korea gained more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly up; there are no 1% movers. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China and India moved up more than 1%. Europe is currently down across the board. Almost every index is down at least 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a fairly large gap down for the cash market that will fill Tuesday’s gap up and […]