Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia and the Philippines did the best while Japan and Thailand lagged. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean to the downside. Turkey and the UAE are up, but Greece, Russia, Kenya, Spain and the Czech Republic are […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines did well while China and Hong Kong posted losses. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean to the downside. Poland, Greece and Norway are up; Finland, Portugal, Israel, Austria, Sweden and […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Hope you had a good, long weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets were mixed today. China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and the Philippines posted gains while Japan, South Korea and Taiwan posted losses. Europe, Africa and the Middle East lean to the downside. Greece and Saudi Arabia are up; Poland, the UAE, Russia, Spain, […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, New Zealand, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines are up. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean to the downside. Greece, Russia and Israel are up. Spain is down more than 1%; Poland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and perhaps with a slight lean to the downside. China, Hong Kong and Indonesia moved up; South Korea and Singapore moved down. Europe, Africa and the Middle East leaned to the upside. The UK, Turkey, South Africa, Switzerland, Norway and Austria moved up; Russia moved down. […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and little changed. Japan, Taiwan and Malaysia posted gains while China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Indonesia posted losses. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently split. Turkey, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Austria and the Czech Republic are up; Germany, Spain and Italy are down. Futures […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. China, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia and Thailand did well while Malaysia, Taiwan and the Philippines posted losses. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean to the upside. Turkey, South Africa, Norway, Austria, Romania and the Czech Republic […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Japan and the Philippines gained more than 1%: India and Australia also did well. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly up. Austria is up more than 2%; France, Poland, Turkey, Germany, Greece, […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with a lean to the downside. South Korea, India and New Zealand did well; Japan, China, Hong Kong and the Philippines were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly down. The UAE, Denmark, South Africa, Russia, Norway, Italy, […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific closed with a lean to the upside. Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines moved up more than 1%; Thailand also did well. Singapore dropped 1%; Japan, China and South Korea also posted losses. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mixed. Turkey and Greece are up more than 1%; […]