Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan and India did well; China and Hong Kong are down. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently split. Greece, Finland and Kenya are up; Turkey, South Africa, Russia and […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Hong Kong jumped 2%; South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines also did well. Japan, India and New Zealand dropped. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly up. The UK, France, Turkey, Greece, Denmark, Switzerland and Saudi Arabia are doing well; Russia is down […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. South Korea, New Zealand and the Philippines moved up; Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand moved down. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mixed. France, Russia, Italy, Portugal and Saudi Arabia are doing well; Poland, Kenya, Hungary, Austria, Sweden and the Czech Republic are […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China, Hong Kong and Singapore did well; Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines posted losses. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mixed. Turkey, Greece and Switzerland are up; the UK, Poland, Finland and Hungary are down. Futures in the States point towards a moderate gap […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with relatively big gains. Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India and Indonesia did very well. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean to the upside. Poland, Turkey, Greece and South Africa are doing the best; Russia is down. Futures in the States point towards a […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, Taiwan and Sinagpore led; South Korea was weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly up. Turkey, Greece, Finland, Russia, Kenya, Hungary, Spain, Portugal, Austria and the Czech Republic are up […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan, Hong Kong, India, Taiwan, Singapore and the Philippines led the way. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly up. Germany and Greece are leading; France, Denmark, Finland, Spain, Italy and Austria are also doing well. Turkey and Russia are […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets were split today. China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Indonesia did well; Japan, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently split. Turkey, Germany, Russia and Portugal are up; the UK and Greece are down. Futures in the States point towards […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Hong Kong, Indonesia and New Zealand did well; South Korea and Australia were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mixed. Turkey, the UAE, South Africa and Finland are up; Greece, Norway and Spain are down. Futures in the States point towards a relatively […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong rallied more than 2%; Japan, China, South Korea, New Zealand and Indonesia also did well. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly up. Poland and Turkey are up more than 1%; Germany, South Africa, Spain […]