Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the upside. China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia and the Philippines did well while India and New Zealand were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are doing moderately well. Denmark, France, Finland, Switzerland, Norway, Italy and Saudi Arabia are up; Turkey and Hungary are down. Index […]
Category: Before the Open
Before the Open (Feb 10-14)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets were mixed. China, Hong Kong, South Korea and New Zealand did well; Japan, India, Taiwan, Thailand and the Philppines were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are very quiet. Only South Africa, Portugal and Austria stand out as winners. Index futures in the States point to a […]
Before the Open (Feb 3-7)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the upside. China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, New Zealand, Singapore and Thailand did well; Japan, South Korea and the Philippines were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East lean to the upside but are mostly quiet. Denmark, Poland, Greece and the Czech Republic are up; Norway is […]
Before the Open (Jan 27-31)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets were split. India, Australia and Indonesia did well; South Korea, Thailand and the Philippines were weak. China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and New Zealand were closed. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are quiet and little changed. Only the Netherlands (up) and Turkey (down) have moved much. Index futures […]
Before the Open (Jan 21 – 24)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets were split. China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Thailand did well; India, Indonesia and the Philippines were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are doing well. Denmark is up huge; Poland, France, Greece, South Africa, Finland, Hungary and the Czech Republic are up nicely too. Index futures […]
Before the Open (Jan 13-17)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets mostly did well. China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, New Zealand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines led while Japan and Thailand were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are up big. The UK, Poland, France, Turkey, Germany, Greece, South Africa, Finland, Hungary, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Austria, Sweden and […]
Before the Open (Jan 6-10)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets were mostly weak. Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India and Singapore posted stiff losses. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are mixed. Poland, Norway, Hungary and Austria are up; the UK, Switzerland, Spain and Sweden are down. Index futures in the States point to big down open […]
Before the Open (Dec 30 – Jan 3)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the upside. Hong Kong, South Korea, Australia and the Philippines did well; China and India were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East lean to the upside but are mostly quiet. Poland, Turkey, Portugal and the Czech Republic are up; Denmark and France are down. Index […]
Before the Open (Dec 23-27)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the upside. Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia did well; South Korea was weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are mostly up. Denmark, France, Turkey, Finland, Switzerland, Norway, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Austria and Sweden are leading. Futures in the States point to a moderate […]
Before the Open (Dec 16-20)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets did poorly. New Zealand posted a solid win, but Japan, China, South Korea, India, Taiwan, Australia, Singapore and Thailand were down big. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are getting hit hard. The UK, Denmark, Poland, France, Germany, Finland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Italy, Austria and Sweden are down […]