Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines did well; China was weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are split and little changed. Poland, Turkey and South Africa are up; Russia and Hungary are down. Futures in the States point towards a […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Malaysia did well; Japan, Australia and the Philippines were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently doing very well. Denmark, Poland, France, Turkey, Germany, Finland, Hungary, Spain, Italy and Austria are doing […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, Indonesia and Thailand posted solid gains; the Philippines dropped. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently doing very well. Denmark, Poland, France, Turkey, Germany, Russia, Greece, South Africa, Finland, Norway and Israel […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Japan, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand and the Philippines did well; China and Indonesia were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean to the downside. Greece and Israel are up; Poland, Germany, Russia, the Netherlands, […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Indonesia and Singapore posted noticeable losses. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean to the upside. The UK, Germany, France, South Africa, Finland, Hungary, Portugal, Israel and Sweden are up; Poland, Turkey, Greece and Italy are down. Futures […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. South Korea, India and Indonesia did well, but China, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Thailand were very weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly down. The UK, Denmark, France, Germany, Turkey, Russia, South Africa, Finland, Norway, Spain, the […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan, South Korea, India, Taiwan and Australia moved up; Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines moved down. Europe, Africa and the Middle East lean a little to the upside but are mostly unchanged. Turkey, Russia, Greece and Hungary are up; South Africa is down. Futures […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets suffered relatively big losses. Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia and the Philippines were all very weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly down. Turkey is down more than 4%; the UAE, Greece, Hungary, Portugal, Austria and Saudi […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. New Zealand did well, but Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently suffering relatively big losses. Poland, France, Turkey, Germany, UAE, Russia, Greece, Finland, Switzerland, Hungary, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Austria and Sweden […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. China, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Australia did well; Taiwan, Indonesia and Singapore were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean to the downside. Denmark, Turkey and Kenya are up while the UK, the UAE, Russia, Hungary, Italy, Israel, […]