Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the upside. China and Hong Kong led; Australia was weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly up. Denmark, France, Greece, Finland, Norway, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Israel and Austria are doing well. Futures in the States point towards a positive open for the […]
Category: Before the Open
Before the Open (Nov 16-20)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned up. China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines did well; New Zealand was weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East also lean up. Denmark, Poland, Turkey, Finland, Norway, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal and Sweden are up; the UAE, Israel and Saudi Arabia are down. […]
Before the Open (Nov 9-13)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Hong Kong, South Korea and the Philippines did well; Japan, China and Thailand were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean down. Turkey and Spain are up; the UK, Poland, Russia, Finland and Hungary are down. Futures in the States point towards a moderate […]
Before the Open (Nov 2-6)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the upside. Japan, India, New Zealand, Taiwan, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines did well while China and Singapore posted losses. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean down. Turkey, the UAE, South Africa and Hungary are up; France, Germany, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Austria and […]
Before the Open (Oct 26-Oct 30)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets suffered big losses. The Philippines posted a gain, but Japan, China, South Korea, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore dropped at least 1% each. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mixed and little changed. Hungary, Portugal and Israel are up; Poland, Turkey and Saudi Arabia […]
Before the Open (Oct 19 – 23)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets were mixed. Hong Kong, New Zealand and the Philippines did well; China was weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently doing very well. The UK, France, Germany, South Africa, Norway, Spain, Italy and Austria are up 1% or more. Futures in the States point towards a […]
Before the Open (Oct 12-16)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned down. Hong Kong and Israel did well, but Japn, South Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan, Thailand and the Philippines were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean up. The UK, France, Germany, Poland, Finland, Norway, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic are up more than 1%. […]
Before the Open (Oct 5-9)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and little change. China posted a huge gain – it played catch-up after being closed for a few days. India and Malaysia did well; Japan and Thailand were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean up. The UK, Denmark, Turkey, South Africa, Finland, the […]
Before the Open (Sep 28 – Oct 2)
Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. Of the Asian/Pacific markets that were open, most closed down. The Philippines did well, but Japan, Australia, Indonesia and Thailand were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly down. The UK, Denmark, Poland, France, Germany, Russia, Greece, South Africa, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Portugal and […]
Before the Open (Sep 21-25)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets did well. Japan, India, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia and Singapore posted solid gains; Hong Kong was weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly down. France, Germany, the UAE, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Israel and Austria are down 0.9% or more. Futures in the […]